CHRR Talk

CHRR Talk

Since 1987, Canadian HR Reporter has served as Canada’s indispensable guide to human resources management. CHRR Talk keeps you informed on the latest industry news, trends & issues, including employment law, employee attraction & retention, workplace mental health, diversity & inclusion, performance management & much more.

Episodes

  1. Episode 11: Prescribing the right benefits

    2023-06-12

    Episode 11: Prescribing the right benefits

    Christine Griffin of health benefits management company Express Scripts speaks with Jeffrey Smith about prescription benefits – the role health benefits can play in today’s employment world and how employers can balance costs with maintaining a good plan.

    22 min
  2. Episode 10: Information Security and the Great Resignation

    2023-06-12

    Episode 10: Information Security and the Great Resignation

    David Masson, Director of Enterprise Security for cyber security company Darktrace, discusses the risk of employees stealing or accidentally taking sensitive company information and what employers along with their HR and IT departments can do to mitigate the risk.

    17 min
  3. Episode 9: Trends in workplace mental health and wellness

    2023-06-12

    Episode 9: Trends in workplace mental health and wellness

    Paula Allen, global leader and senior vice-president of research and total wellbeing for Lifeworks, chats with Jeffrey Smith about the evolution of mental health awareness and solutions in the workplace.

    21 min
  4. Episode 8: Workplace equity, inclusion, and belonging

    2023-06-12

    Episode 8: Workplace equity, inclusion, and belonging

    Nancy Simms, Director of Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion and Bharat Saini, Manager of Human Rights Equity & Inclusion, both with Humber College in Toronto, discuss how HR professionals can support transformative equity, inclusion, and belonging in workplaces.

    29 min
  5. Episode 7: Days without incivility

    2023-06-12

    Episode 7: Days without incivility

    Janet Hueglin Hartwick, president of Soilleirich Communications, discusses the importance of workplace civility and how employers can improve the wellbeing of their workplaces by deterring incivility among employees.

    22 min
  6. Episode 5: Health & Safety and Work Refusals

    2023-06-12

    Episode 5: Health & Safety and Work Refusals

    Jeffrey Smith chats with Patrick Essiminy of Stikeman Elliot’s Employment & Labour Group in Montreal about key health and safety rules in the Canada Labour Code, what to do when an employee makes a work refusal under health and safety legislation (using the law in Quebec, where he practices, as an example) as well as a recent and notable case in which he was involved that addressed whether provincial OHS legislation should apply to federally regulated employers in certain circumstances.

    20 min
  7. Episode 4: 2019 - The year ahead in HR

    2023-06-12

    Episode 4: 2019 - The year ahead in HR

    In this episode, we sit down with Louise Taylor Green, president of the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA), and Bill Howatt, chief of research, workforce productivity at the Conference Board of Canada to look at what is on the horizon for employers throughout 2019.

    45 min
  8. Episode 3: Defensive management

    2023-06-12

    Episode 3: Defensive management

    In this episode, we look at defensive management - exploring how leaders should be conscious of the way they act and treat employees, and HR's role in guiding, educating and advising leaders. Features Sharone Bar-David, president of Bar-David Consulting.

    31 min
  9. Episode 2: Cannabis in the Workplace

    2023-06-12

    Episode 2: Cannabis in the Workplace

    Brian Johnston, a partner and employment law expert with Stewart McKelvey in Halifax, discusses the impending legalization of cannabis in Canada. He touches on topics including zero tolerance, testing and what policies employers should and shouldn't consider when it comes to marijuana.

    28 min
  10. Episode 1: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

    2023-06-12

    Episode 1: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

    We hear from a victim of sexual harassment in the workplace - she talks honestly about how it impacted her, and how her employer responded. (Hint: It didn't do well.) Then, lawyer Laura Williams of Williams HR Law walks employers through the legal ramifications. Finally, Lisa McFarland of Williams HR Consulting offers up the perspective of a human resources professional in light of the #MeToo movement.

    48 min
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About

Since 1987, Canadian HR Reporter has served as Canada’s indispensable guide to human resources management. CHRR Talk keeps you informed on the latest industry news, trends & issues, including employment law, employee attraction & retention, workplace mental health, diversity & inclusion, performance management & much more.

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  • Creator
    CHRR Talk
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
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