Human Resources
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Workers now expect more from employers — a human factors approach can help
People are now looking to see if the organizations they work for align with their personal health needs.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The hiring question: experience or training?
The decision depends on your particular company or facility's circumstances and goals.
Design Quarterly
5 tried and tested recruitment strategies
With many businesses having problems hiring workers, employers must get creative.
REMI Network
Survey takes deep dive into neurodiverse workplaces
A global survey has identified crucial sensory issues in office environments among neurodiverse employees in Canada, the U.S. and UK.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Alliance targets women for cooling sector jobs
The International Network for Women in Cooling brings together the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction and 11 industry associations, worldwide.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Webinar: Managing your labour force in 2022
The webinar with Aspire on April 20 will share HR best practices on how to take your labour management practices to the next level.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
6 ways to help workers recover from COVID-19 burnout
What can facility managers or janitorial service providers do to help employees recover from COVID-related burnout?
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Corporate officers to assume more liability
Omnibus legislation aims to ease transition for licensed trades and professions moving into Ontario, and to enshrine steeper maximum fines in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Psychological health of workers at lowest point
New findings revealed that general psychological health is currently at its lowest point in the last 22 months among Canadian workers.
CondoBusiness
Reducing talent shortages and employee churn
Many industries are experiencing shortages due to the pandemic. However, as we see the situation change to an endemic, the staff lost through layoffs and shutdowns may no longer be waiting in the wings. Now is the time to look at talent recruitment and the technology that can make the process easier.
Canadian Property Management
CRE’s demographic imbalance shifts tentatively
A majority of survey respondents are intent on broadening the industry's base of employees, but, for now, white men still fill the decision-making echelon to a disproportionate degree.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario proposes pro-worker labour legislation
The real estate and property management industries may face particular hurdles with respect to implementing the proposed disconnecting from work policy.
REMI Network
Online resource spotlights mental health in the workplace
Workplaces have traditionally focused on protecting employees from physical harm, but there is strong evidence that certain features of the workplace can affect employees' psychological health.
REMI Network
Disabilities undermined during company hires
More disabled women said companies are doing a poor job of hiring those with disabilities than their male counterparts.
REMI Network
Why wait? The new office normal is up to you
From now on, companies will distinguish themselves by the enhanced experience they are able to offer their employees who take the time and effort to travel to the office.
Canadian Property Management
Real estate gender splits outdo TSX benchmark
Women are somewhat more conspicuous in commercial real estate’s executive suites and boardrooms than is the average for Canadian companies that disclose such information to regulators and unit/shareholders.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Appealing to millennial workers in the 2020s
Knowing how to cater to the needs of all ages of employees is key to a cleaning or restoration company's success.