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Don’t Let ‘Enhanced’ Severance Be a Surprise During Terminations

McCarthy Tetrault Since the concept of at-will employment isn’t recognized in Canada, U.S. employers need to understand how terminations are handled in their operations north of the border. Are you confident that your termination decisions are in line with Canadian law? And what about the “enhanced” severance known as “Wallace damages”? Are you clear on […]

Most US Workers Want DIY HR Tools

Recent research from Paychex shows that employees want to be empowered. Workers expect their employer to provide them with a high level of employee self-service. This includes things like allowing them to independently complete various HR related tasks.

Talking Politics: Know When Employee Political Speech Is Protected at Work

With this year’s presidential election underway, escaping coverage and conversations about candidates and campaigns seems nearly impossible. While there’s nothing new about political coverage increasing during an election year, the unprecedented events during this year’s election cycle along with the extreme polarization of modern-day politics in America have led to increased levels of passionate discourse […]

Best of HR Works Podcast 2024

This year’s lineup of HR Works Podcast episodes provided an endless supply of great conversations featuring expert guests, industry leaders, and seasoned HR professionals. From navigating the challenges of RTO and Gen Z, to keeping pace with the latest trends in AI and the backlash against DEI, the episodes that we released in 2024 covered […]

Faces of HR: How Christine van Hoffen Builds Tracksuit’s People-First Culture

Christine van Hoffen, People Lead at Tracksuit, is a force of nature in the rapidly evolving world of HR. At Tracksuit, a brand tracking start-up revolutionizing how brands measure their value, van Hoffen has been instrumental in crafting a workplace celebrated for its unique and thriving culture. Joining the company as employee number twelve, she […]

Why HR and Sales Must Learn to Speak the Same Language

By Frank Cespedes, senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. U.S. firms annually invest three times more in their sales forces than they do in their advertising, 20 times more than on online media, and 100 times more than on social media. For many companies, selling is by far the most […]

Upskilling and Reskilling: The Secret to Retaining Talent and Doing More with Less

Over 93,000 employees of U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in the first 2 months of 2023. As we head further into economic uncertainty, every company is faced with the challenge of doing more with less—less talent, less budget, less time, and fewer resources. One way companies can maximize what they already have is by […]

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Keeping Up with Gen Z: Moving Beyond Stereotypes

With Gen Z, born from the late 1990s to the early 2010s, poised to overtake Baby Boomers in the full-time workforce by the end of 2024, employers stand at a significant crossroads. As Gen Z surpasses Baby Boomers in representation, their vocal and values-driven nature is set to transform workplace norms. While Gen Zers bring […]

Human and Machine: How to Elevate the Role of HR and Promote Worker Autonomy

According to our favorite science fiction films and novels, artificial intelligence (AI) will play a major role in contributing to our dystopian future, right? Well, I’m here to tell you there’s some serious misunderstanding here. In reality, AI has the potential, when done right and created ethically, to change how we work and collaborate for […]