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Planning for On-Going Success

Succession planning is a strategy that companies and organization use to ensure the successful continuation of their leadership team. It is the transfer of leadership roles, usually from one generation to another. This allows a business to continue operating at maximum capacity after the most senior people leave or retire. It is also a great way to ensure career progression within an organization and give competent employees an opportunity to move up the leadership ladder. Succession planning usually involves training and an apprenticeship-like work experience that gives employees a taste of what is required at the senior level and management a chance to evaluate these younger employees.

Keeping Your Top Talent
In this highly competitive job market, companies and organizations cannot take their eye off the ball when it comes to retaining their best employees.

HR Must Identify Critical Roles to Reduce Talent Gaps in Succession Planning
A new guide underscores that critical roles are those that could significantly disrupt operations or derail strategic initiatives if left vacant.

It's Never Too Soon to Think About Retirement
A recent poll found that 76 per cent of Ontarians have not developed a plan to ensure they have enough money when they retire.

	Creating Pathways, Laying Foundations for Women in Construction Industry
	Innovative Projects Providing Skills Training Opps for More Than 10,000 Workers
	Building Self-Reliance into Atlantic Canada s Skilled Trades Apprentices

	BC: Minimum Wage Increases
	BC: Labour Force Survey Released
	AB: Empowering Albertans with Disabilities
	SK: Province Starts Year with Lowest Unemployment Rate Among Provinces and 9,900 New Jobs
	MB: Province Announces 2,000 Jobs Added in January
	NB: Minimum wage to increase to $15.65 per hour
	PE: First phase of Temporary Foreign Workers Protection Act Coming into Effect
	SK: Province Leads Western Canada in Key Health Workforce Study

This Month
viewpoints
Honesty Still the Best Policy for Managers
Tell the truth even when it s hard. Especially when it s hard.

features
Planning for On-Going Success
uccession planning is a strategy that companies and organization use to ensure the successful continuation of their leadership.
Keeping Your Top Talent
In this competitive job market, companies and organizations can't take their eye off the ball when it comes to retaining their best employees.

law
Nurse Awarded Large Amount for Termination and Unpaid Wages
The employer s failure to pay her nearly $30,000 in back wages was deplorable, the judge wrote.
Employer Had Justification to Order Drug Test of Sleeping Bus Driver
Two supervisors who observed a sleeping bus driver on a residential street had ample cause to order a drug test, an arbitrator found.
Female Apprentice Not Discriminated Against Based on Sex or Age
The 49-year-old was laid off due to lack of work and other non-discriminatory factors, the Tribunal found.

strategies
Canadian Regulators Promote Pension Awareness for Plan Members
Research indicates that as many as 27 per cent of those eligible to participate in employer sponsored pension plans opt not to participate.
HR Must Identify Critical Roles to Reduce Talent Gaps in Succession Planning, Says McLean & Company
Organizations that lack a standardized process for identifying critical roles risk making reactive, assumption-based talent decisions that fail to support long-term workforce planning and succession strategies.
Belonging and Connection: Canada's Best Diversity Employers
Fostering a sense of belonging and connection at work is one of the best ways to keep employees engaged.

Shop Talk
It's Never Too Soon to Think About Retirement
Ontarians agree that saving for retirement is a higher priority compared to saving for a vacation or new car.

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