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Retaining Your Top Talent

Managing your top talent is crucial to the ongoing success of any business or organization. Talent management is often described as the ways that businesses recruit, hire and onboard new employees. And how they keep them fully engaged and productive throughout their career through incentives, training and opportunities for growth within the organization. If people really are your most important asset, then you should treat your talent like that. Another reason why you should pay close attention to talent management is because it can help your company build and maintain a competitive advantage and improve your overall performance.

Gender Equity: Are We There Yet?
Canada likes to think of itself as a leader when it comes to gender equity. While we have made tremendous progress we still have a ways to go.

Developing Leaders is a Top Priority for HR in 2025
A tightening labour market is putting pressure on organizations to develop leaders internally to achieve organizational success.

Only 24% of Global Workers Are Confident They Have Skills for Career Advancement
Employers that invest in continued learning and on-the-job development stand to reap bottom-line benefits that go beyond having a well-prepared workforce.

	Penalties Doubled for Non-compliant Employers using the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
	Top Employers Helping Young People Build Careers
	Canadian and Mexican Employers Establish Formal Dialogue
	Penalties Doubled Compared to Last Year for Non-Compliant Employers using the TFW Program

	BC: Minister s statement on December Labour Force Survey Results
	SK: Another Strong Year of Growth for Saskatchewan's Economy with 14,000 Jobs Created in 2024
	ON: Province Driving Rural and Northern Economic Growth through Skilled Immigration
	ON: Helping More Women Build Skills and Get Jobs
	BC: WorkSafeBC's average base premium rate unchanged in 2025
	ON: Province Investing $100 Million in Job Training to Protect Ontario Workers

This Month
viewpoints
The Scourge of Gossip
Few things cause more problems in the workplace than gossip.

features
Retaining Your Top Talent
Managing your top talent is crucial to the ongoing success of any business or organization.
Gender Equity: Are We There Yet?
We have made tremendous progress on having equal treatment of women and men in Canadian society. But we still have a long way to go.

law
Termination Upheld of Man Who Punched Cyclist Outside of Work
The employee of an animal welfare organization argued he was protecting a dog the cyclist was carrying.
Discipline Against Aggressive Health Care Worker Upheld
The woman was aggressive with a nursing home resident who had trouble communicating because of a brain injury.
Drug and Alcohol Testing in Nuclear Facilities Is Upheld
The Federal Court of Appeal ruled that testing people in safety-sensitive positions is justified.

strategies
Developing Leaders is a Top Priority for HR in 2025
It's time to abandon the idea that one-size-fits-all leadership development programs will meet organizational needs
Sixty Percent of Employees Plan to Move Jobs This Year
Employees are engaging in a "hustle reset" as they reassess where and how much they work
Sixty Percent of Employees Plan to Move Jobs This Year
Employees are engaging in a "hustle reset" as they reassess where and how much they work

Shop Talk
Leverage AI-Driven Solutions to Transform Employee Experience and Knowledge Management
AI-driven solutions are improving collaboration, streamlining workflows, and fostering long-term business growth.
Only 24% of Global Workers Are Confident They Have Skills for Career Advancement
If companies want to benefit from the enormous technological advancement to come, they must start with investing in the skills and career progression of their workers.

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