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Pay Equity – Expense or Opportunity?
Pay Equity is becoming federal law in Canada… In response to the report of the House of Commons committee on pay equity, the Government of Canada announced October 29th, 2018 its intention to bring in legislation to better ensure all employees in federally regulated...
Three Managers and a Work Plan An Organizational Myth
Once upon a time, there was an organization. It was a big organization. Many people worked there. The executives of this organization were smart. They read books, attended conferences, and listened closely to wise consultants. They had their own good ideas, too....
Employee Performance Reviews – Is it met with a groan?
When people think of employee performance reviews, the thought is often met with a groan. Organizations around the world conduct generic, annual performance reviews. They ask the same performance questions about each employee in an attempt to measure quality of work,...
Moneyball for Human Resource Management
In 2001, general manager Billy Beane of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletic’s (played by Brad Pitt in the 2011 film ‘Moneyball’) proved that measuring the right things would allow mathematics to analyze and cut straight through to where value could be found, with...
Value of Linking Job Evaluation to Performance
Job evaluation, according to Wikipedia, is a systemic way to determine the value (or worth) of one job relative to another in the same organization. The process requires jobs be compared on skill, effort, responsibility and working condition factors. Then, an...
