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Owners who plan a sale early need a leadership bench first
Succession advisors say buyers pay more when a business does not depend on its owner, which makes the management team a hiring priority years before any sale.
Ontario temp agency fined $100,000 for handing over false records
A Hamilton temporary help agency pleaded guilty to giving an employment standards officer false records. Here is what client employers should check.
Psychological safety at work is now a leadership governance task
A Canadian HR publication offers senior leaders an 11-point guide for overseeing workplace mental health programs, including how to hire the people who run...
Renewing a fixed-term contract on worse terms can cost you 10 months
A New Brunswick court found that slipping harsher terms into a renewal for a long-serving employee was constructive dismissal, and awarded 10 months' pay.
Most employers have no plan for communicating change to staff
Gallagher's 2026 report finds 61% of companies have no formal change communication approach, and only 15% have an active employee value proposition.
Women use AI at work less, and fear the fallout more
A Canadian survey finds women are less confident with AI and more worried about workplace consequences, a gap employers can close with clear rules and training.
B.C. plans faster employment standards complaints and deposits on appeals
B.C. proposes changes to its employment standards complaint process, including a required deposit before an employer can appeal a wage determination.
Canadian women want benefits, not IWD gestures, from employers
A Benchmark Benefits survey finds 64 per cent of Canadian women see IWD as celebration over accountability, and benefits gaps are driving some to quit.
US employers eye Canada as global hiring heats up
A survey of 425 HR and finance leaders finds 60% of US organizations plan to hire in Canada, while engagement and retention strain grows.
AI voice coaching is coming to Canadian restaurant headsets
Burger King will roll out an AI voice coach to many of its 380 Canadian stores in 2026, which changes what frontline supervisors need to manage.
B.C. ruling makes employers answerable for recruiter fees
A B.C. tribunal upheld an order against a meat wholesaler over fees a foreign worker paid to recruiters. Employers answer for what happens upstream.
Workplace crisis responders need support of their own
Employees who step in when colleagues are in distress carry an emotional load. Employers who rely on them need a plan to look after them too.
Succession plans fail without a bench of leaders behind the owner
A Toronto-area owner explains how a long-tenured team carried her family firm through a sudden handover and a sale, and what she would do earlier.
B.C. sets an $18.25 wage floor from June 1 - what to check now
B.C.'s general minimum wage rises to $18.25 an hour on June 1, with matching increases for app-based, live-in and piece-rate workers.
Self-taught skills are on resumes. Employers need a way to test them
A Canadian survey finds 31% of job seekers list self-taught skills, while most hiring managers still want proof beyond the resume.
Annual reviews are failing, and development is the fix employers are trying
Gallup data shows few HR chiefs or managers trust annual reviews. Employers are moving to ongoing coaching, and it affects how you keep and attract people.
Loneliness at work is a performance problem, not a soft issue
A review of 200+ studies links workplace loneliness to lower engagement, weaker performance and more absenteeism. Here is what hiring teams can do about it.
Owners selling a Canadian business should call a tax lawyer early
A Cassels tax lawyer says Canadian owners should plan structure, records and family governance years before a sale, and that matters for the people running...
Safety and mental health programs work best as one system
A Canadian safety article argues employers should fold psychological health into occupational safety using human and organizational performance principles.
Employers say resumés and real skills often do not match
A Canadian poll finds 82% of hiring managers see resumé claims that do not match skills, and 84% say AI makes embellishing too easy.
Career growth is now a retention tool, not a perk
A ManpowerGroup Canada leader says employees who see a path to grow stay longer, and that hiring alone cannot close skill gaps.
Psychosocial hazard controls need root causes, not wellness events
A Talent Canada piece sets out an eight-step method for building psychosocial hazard controls that cut harm instead of adding one-off wellness activity.
Indigenous hiring fails on retention when workplaces stay unchanged
A Talent Canada opinion piece argues Canada's labour gap is a design problem, and that Indigenous retention depends on employer readiness and upstream...
Change efforts stall when nobody checks if teams can absorb them
A Talent Canada opinion piece argues that early resistance to change usually signals a readiness gap, not a messaging problem. Here is what hiring managers...
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- AICPA, assurance firm team up to certify AI agentsRecent AI misfires have raised serious questions about the technology’s use in critical business operations, the organizations said.Oct 19, 2026
- Mattel grants incoming CFO $1.4M sign-on bonusThe toymaker named a new CFO about a month after its CEO shakeup, coming as it fields growing calls to explore a potential sale amid stagnating growth.Oct 19, 2026
- Midterm tax impacts: What CFOs should watchThe midterm elections could materially influence corporate tax policy, CPA and tax expert Dane Ware writes.Oct 19, 2026
- Payouts, talent and trust: What CFOs need to get rightSee what 450 independent earners expect from payouts—and what those expectations mean for CFOs.Oct 19, 2026
- Dark Matter Tech appoints new CFO in leadership shuffleThe mortgage tech provider named a new CFO, CTO and general counsel, after its freshly minted CEO increased the company’s AI focus.Oct 16, 2026
- How 10 years at storied Cleveland Foundation changed its CFO - and OhioThe non-profit’s long-time CFO Rosanne Potter has put her corporate finance and treasury skills to use to help create community value, she said.Oct 16, 2026
- Super Micro’s CFO is out after change was slow-walkedThe AI server maker has replaced CFO David Weigand with Western Digital alum Mark Long, nearly two years after an advisory committee called for Weigand’s ouster.Oct 16, 2026
- Numeral nailed down metrics, then raised $100MHudson Bova is building the financial foundation for the self-styled “world’s most boring AI company.”Oct 15, 2026
- Intuit deal signals bet on AI demand in revenue managementThe plan to acquire revenue management platform Sequence comes as businesses increasingly contend with complex pricing and billing models.Oct 15, 2026
- Producer prices surge at fastest pace since 2022, adding pressure on FedSoaring energy costs accounted for much of the leap in producer prices, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Oct 15, 2026
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