Human Resources
Canadian Property Management
Gender diversity insight for investors unveiled
Since only publicly traded entities are part of the analysis, many of Canada's largest real estate players are excluded. However, other criteria to qualify would eliminate several of them anyway.
Construction Business
New funding for women in skilled trades
The 2018 federal budget commits funds to inform women about apprenticeship programs, dispense financial grants for training and provide resources as they move into the workforce.
CondoBusiness
CMRAO looks to fill discipline committee seats
The Condominium Management Regulatory Authority of Ontario (CMRAO) is accepting applications to sit on its discipline and discipline appeals committees.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Building operators highly sought and lowly paid
Building operations and maintenance positions are at the bottom of the pay scale in a sector that reports a general skills shortage.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ecommerce fulfillment centres pilot new staff
Human staff have begun testing the first prototype of a collaborative robot, called a cobot, which has been designed to learn through observation and respond proactively when assistance is required.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Knowledge transfer key to generational transition
On-the-job lessons can help prevent the loss of corporate experience as seasoned FMs get ready to retire and millennials enter the workforce.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Quebec tweaks building upkeep and repair rules
Neither Quebec's largest rental housing association nor public sector union is happy with recent changes to construction industry regulations governing voluntary work.
CondoBusiness
Minimum wage hike to follow new condo fees
The minimum wage hike may sting more in condo communities than others as they face new costs associated with recent changes to Ontario’s condo laws.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Employers tap into tech talent clusters
Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Montreal and Waterloo are deemed to provide the best dynamic for nurturing the workforce and fostering innovation in cost-competitive space.
CondoBusiness
Workplace harassment not limited to Hollywood
Cultural attitudes are shifting such that workplace harassment is becoming impossible to ignore, including in condo communities.
Canadian Property Management
Senior execs plumb real estate talent pool
Prominent senior real estate executives attempted to pin down the somewhat intangible concepts of leadership, team-building and inclusiveness during a panel discussion, earlier this fall in Toronto, to kick off BOMEX 2017.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
What are millennials really like in the workplace?
Are millennials really the acclaim-craving, job-hopping, social-media junkies they have variously been portrayed as?
Canadian Apartment Magazine
How to engage an underperforming staff
Boost productivity and employee satisfaction with these staff engagement tips from M&R Holdings' Randy Daiter
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ontario leaves live-in superintendents exposed
For now, market demand and the goodwill of employers are still the prime determinants of superintendents' working conditions.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
FM complaints could inform employee well-being
Research on organizational productivity could make better use of valuable information archived in the facilities management department, a new report from the Continental Automated Buildings Association and the National Research Council concludes.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Moving up from supervisor to facilities manager
So a facilities management supervisor wants to make the move to facilities manager. There are a few reality checks to consider first.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Salaries linked to maintenance skills shortages
Employers' profile in the market and social media proficiency can help to attract jobseekers, while lengthy hiring processes can alienate job candidates and/or push them to openings with other employers.



