Human Resources
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Three types of empathy for workplace leaders
In their 2019 Workplace Empathy survey, technology firm Businessolver discovered that 82 per cent of employees would consider leaving their job for a more empathetic organization,
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Superintendents’ rare pay status challenged
Added demands of COVID-19 haven’t necessarily come with a commensurate boost in earnings for a workforce among the minority of Ontario employees exempt from a mandated minimum wage.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Employees absorb most home workspace costs
More than one third of survey respondents report no per-employee allocation has been established for the home workspaces where it’s projected staff will spend at least 42 per cent of their formal work hours well into 2021.
Canadian Property Management
Colonnade BridgePort shows confidence in the GTA
Ottawa-based Colonnade BridgePort has announced two new appointments to further guide the full-service real estate company’s expansion in the Greater Toronto Area.
Canadian Property Management
Concordia U bolsters real estate studies
Students pursuing a degree through the John Molson School of Business can earn a minor in real estate, aligned with the new academic centre to support teaching and research.
REMI Network
Industry resource promotes diverse expertise
Developers of the European database, Women Talk Real Estate, are exploring demand for a similar resource to leverage insight from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic (BAME) professionals.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Accessibility Standards Canada seeks public input
The agency is mandated under the Accessible Canada Act to develop accessibility standards for all federally regulated organizations and to more widely promote accessibility and inclusiveness through research and public engagement.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
A case study in workplace reinvention
After many conversations and much planning, the agency has recently started allowing employees to come back into the workplace.
Construction Business
Severe sexual harassment found on NYC jobsites
A construction firm in New York City will pay a USD $1.5 million settlement and undergo three years of outside monitoring following the State Attorney General’s investigation of sexual harassment complaints.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
COVID-19 lets loose work-from-home preference
Fewer than 18 per cent of survey respondents report they have been more productive in home workspaces during the COVID-19 lockdown, but a majority conclude they are at least 80 per cent as productive as in a formal office setting.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Gen Z friendly cities foster a rising cohort
The study assesses and scores 110 prominent international cities on 22 indicators deemed to support and/or influence the age cohort born between 1997 and 2012.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian cities fertile for tech job growth
The rankings reflect CBRE's assessment of each market's competitive appeal based on 13 variously weighted indicators that collectively present a picture of employment trends and other factors helping to attract and sustain a tech labour force.
Canadian Property Management
Making space for talent attraction efforts
Commercial real estate's core function as a provider of workspace serves as something of a living lab for the industry's own human resources strategies.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
NS rules out automatic unionization on weekends
A new regulation under the provincial Trade Union Act responds to an unique aspect of the construction sector's dealings with the Nova Scotia Labour Board.
Canadian Property Management
Pace of change still sluggish for women in CRE
Commercial real estate is a notable multidisciplinary industry that increasingly risks a notorious reputation for the largely uniform composition of its leadership ranks.
CondoBusiness
Confronting workplace harassment in condos
At least one industry executive thinks more needs to be done to address the harassment he says condo managers commonly confront while working in condo communities.
REMI Network
Diamond Schmitt among Canada’s top employers
Diamond Schmitt Architects is among Canada's top employers for 2019, recognized for its exceptional human resources programs and forward-thinking workplace policy.