Supervising Others When Working Remotely
Most Canadian employers have been required to have their employees work from home. This new practice may leave some employees and their managers separated from each other for the first time. Embrace it or not, supervising others when working remotely is a new workplace reality.
Failing at the annual performance review process?
Let’s look at the process of monitoring employee performance. It seems the collection of People Performance Processes are endless. There is the 360-Degree Appraisal, the Technological Performance Appraisal, the Employee Self-Assessment, the Manager Performance Appraisal, the Sales Performance Appraisal, the Paired Comparison, the Management by Objective. I could go on.
Employee v. Contractor
Know the Difference
Understand the Risks
As a business owner you may need to determine whether to hire full time employees or use independent contractors. Don’t make
Talking Cannabis
TALKING CANNABIS: Recreational vs Medical? Duty to Accommodate? Safety Sensitive Workplace? More Questions than Answers? Call Sarkany. We’re your HR Business Partner.
Reduce Your Exposure
Businesses host parties for a variety of reasons, including the holidays and organizational accomplishments. While these events are fun, team-building opportunities, they can create a number of risks for the hosting
The Cannabis Cultural Shift
Today, recreational cannabis will become officially legal. The ramifications on Canadian public policy, and specifically employers, are just coming into focus
First, from an employer’s perspective, there is a significant difference in the way someone can manage medical cannabis (marijuana) in the workplace versus recreational.
Pre-Employment Drug & Alcohol Testing
In your hiring practices are you relying on a lab or doctor’s recommendations in determining the fitness or abilities of prospective employees? Then beware, and be aware! There are legal considerations that need to be taken into account.
The Winds of Change
Medical cannabis is a controversial enough subject, without adding to the conversation whether your workplace employee benefit plan will cover the cost.
Or not.
If you’re one of the lucky Canadians who
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.
There is a lot of buzz lately, mostly coming out of the entertainment industry around sexual harassment. Yet I am always surprised in talking with people the number of them that don’t fully understand what harassment really is. Many believe that if the victim has not been physically assaulted then there is no “harassment”.
Sarkany Management Presents at Concrete BC AGM
Pamela Bragg of Sarkany Management Inc. presented to the Concrete BC Association Delegates at their AGM in Victoria about the significant impacts on the workplace that proposed changes to the legalization of marjuana and the unprecedented challenges this will bring.
Cannabis in the Workplace: Rights, Responsibilities & Risks -2017 Workshops
Sarkany Management is proud to be presenting “Cannabis in the Workplace; Rights, Responsibilities & Risks“, workshops for the BC Trucking Association and its members. Non members also welcome. Follow link below.
Canada Pension Plan Changes.
Most of Canada’s finance ministers reached an agreement in principle this week to revamp the Canada Pension Plan. Quebec and Manitoba have not signed on to the deal. Quebec has its own pension plan, and Manitoba will continue to be part of the process yet the deal comes too soon for the province’s four-week-old government.