Category Archives: Performance Management

Blogs and information on Employee reviews, performance plans, and related topics.

Time Change Weekend Pay Rules

For those who work during the Time Change Weekend, there is often confusion around whether or not they get paid for the extra hour in the fall, or lose pay in the spring. Technically, the answer is yes to both. The Employment Standards Act requires that employees are paid for all hours worked, so your employees working during the time change “blip” at 2:00 am should be paid for that extra hour. It means they also lose an hour in the Spring. The only exception is if there is a Collective Agreement or other contract provision that the employee has Continue Reading »

Do Employees Get Paid Time Off to Vote?

On Monday October 21, voting stations in Ontario will be open from 9:30 am to 9:30 pm, but some workers shifts will not permit them to attend the polling station during those hours (i.e. persons who work 12-hour shifts). While advance polls and online voting are possibilities, Elections Canada has “rules” that permit employees to take time off work to vote. You can check the Elections Canada FAQ list here. Employers must ensure that persons who don’t work a “normal 8 hour shift” have three consecutive hours in which to attend their polling station and cast their vote.  If this Continue Reading »

Is Your Business Prepared for a Sudden Departure?

Accidents, illness, and employee turnover are an unfortunate part of business life, and your employees need to know what comes next in the event that you or another key person they rely on are no longer able to perform their usual duties.  It can also compromise your organization if you have only one person in control of this information-bills go unpaid, emails not returned, information that is vital can be lost forever if not backed up and secured. Trying to change accesses to online accounts can be very time consuming and troubling if there isn’t a second, or even third, Continue Reading »

Big Changes to Federal Labour Standards

Bill C-86, which brought amendments to the Federal budget also came with a huge number of changes to the Federal Labour Code (the national equivalent of the Employment Standards Act) and the changes come into effect on September 1, 2019. The Federal Labour Code covers workers in the banking, radio & television broadcasting, telecommunications, inter-provincial railways, air transportation (including airlines) and shipping industries. Two very notable changes which I feel are “ground-breaking” and overdue- Traditional Aboriginal Practices leave, which provides “up to 5 days per calendar year to engage in traditional aboriginal practices”; and Breaks for Health Reasons which provides Continue Reading »

Please Complete & Share This Survey!

The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie (WPBGE) would appreciate your help in promoting and distributing a new, 5-minute survey aimed at people who are employed or unemployed (i.e. between 15 and 65 years old, and either actively searching for work and/or in a job of any kind). The Job Seeker & Employee Survey is meant to give our community better information on the experiences, challenges and needs of workers – the supply side of the supply/demand workforce equation. Anyone living in Brantford, Brant, Six Nations, New Credit, Haldimand or Norfolk is invited to participate. The survey is partly in Continue Reading »