A year ago today the Globe and Mail’s headline in the Report on Business read “Surging job growth adds to the improved economic picture”. The national unemployment rate was 5.7%. Today’s Globe headline should probably say something like “Surging job
Decision Making in a Disrupted World
We all make hundreds of decisions every day. Small decisions based on what we know from experience works. Our bigger decisions are made in a similar way. This pattern of making decisions works well with routine decisions in a predictable
Achieving Balance in Disruption
In the days following the 2001 terrorist attack on the US, my parents watched the news all day every day. They were teenagers during World War II and adults during the Korean War. The events of 9-11 were incredibly stressful
Unpaid Caregiving and Employer Challenges
Every day, along with their day jobs, about 25% (5 million employees) of Canada’s workforce are also providing unpaid physical, cognitive and/or mental health care for family members. On average those people are adding the equivalent of a half time
REALLY????? ………. STILL!!??!!
The first Equal Pay for Equal Work legislation was enacted in Canada in 1956 – that’s 54 years ago. The first Pay Equity legislation was in 1977 – that’s 43 years ago. Those two types of legislation are intended to