A few members of the Salopek team are unfortunately missing from this year’s photo, including Shawna McGovern-Burke, Saira Gangji, Margaret Lau, Meigan Guthrie, Anna-Rita Lunghi, Jill Sullivan and Tanya Kensington. From all our Consultants in Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver, we wish you a very happy holidays!
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Employment Standards Compliance – are you ready?
On January 1, 2018 the majority of The Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (also known as Bill 17) comes into effect, and Alberta will see changes to employment legislation that we haven’t seen in 30 years! In many cases, it will bring us up-to-date with, and comparable to, other provinces and federal legislation. Question – …
Getting Hygge With It
I’m an avid reader. Sometimes, I read business books that make me think (like this one), other times, I read crime fiction for the escape from my everyday life (like this one), but most recently, I’ve been reading The Little Book of Hygge – The Danish Way to Live Well and it really struck a …
HR Q&A: Round 3
As a company that proudly supports organizations across Canada, one of Salopek’s core Values is to provide accessible support and service to our clients. To us, Accessible not only means physically being available to pick up the phone or meet in your office, but it also reflects the effort we have made to reduce barriers …
HR E-Store Update – Employment Standards Changes
Salopek’s HR E-Store offers online access to a comprehensive library of HR Policies, Forms, Manuals and Guides that are easily accessible and customizable to suit your company’s culture and practices, while ensuring compliance with employment standards & legislation. In response to Bill 17 and the resulting Alberta Employment Standard changes, which come into effect on Jan. …
Advice To My Younger HR Self
Recently, I was invited to speak to a class of new (almost) HR grads to talk about my HR path, my experience and what l had learned now that I was all grown up – insert heavy, dramatic sigh – because really? Are we ever really grown up? I sure hope not, but I digress… …
Employment Standards Changes Support
Having wrapped up our Bill 17 Compliance Breakfast Sessions, we wanted to thank all the professionals who came out to learn more about the changes to Alberta’s Employment Standards Code and what you can be doing to prepare your organization’s processes, policies and team for the new legislation. In an effort to modernize our workplace …
Celebrating Mamas (and Babies) at Salopek!
It’s amazing how fast time flies – and that’s especially true in the workplace when you have a team and colleagues that you respect and love working with. For me, this is the case at Salopek & Associates. Yesterday we had the pleasure of celebrating one of our amazing Consultants and rock star mamas, Clementine …
The Feedback Rant
Ken Blanchard said, “Feedback is the breakfast of champions”. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day (you do know that, right?) – it provides the body and brain with fuel, energy and stamina to get through the day. In the same way, without feedback, the organization starves. Without feedback, the organization operates in …
HR Q&A: Round 2
As a company that proudly supports organizations across Canada, one of Salopek’s core Values is to provide accessible support and service to our clients. To us, Accessible not only means physically being available to pick up the phone or meet in your office, but it also reflects the effort we have made to reduce barriers …