http://blog.peocanada.com PEO Canada - the right solution for human resources, payroll, group benefits administration and related employer services for small and medium businesses Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:26:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The government of Canada announced that it is implementing stricter regulations with the aim of further improving the working conditions for temporary workers and live-in caregivers in Canada.   According to the federal government, consultations held over the past two years revealed that employers were exploiting some live-in caregivers because the ... http://blog.peocanada.com/?p=364 A friend of mine confessed that she once warned her husband not to swallow his gum because it would stay in his stomach for seven years. She has since learned that her mom was only telling her this because she didn’t want her to eat it. After I closed my ... http://blog.peocanada.com/?p=347 When you began that new job, were you nervous? Did you know what to do?   Sure you will be toured around your office. You will meet a lot of people whose names you will forget the minute you leave their desk. You will be told who you report to, where ... http://blog.peocanada.com/?p=344 When we imagine the types of employees who get workplace injuries, we often think of those who exert a lot of physical energy. While it’s true that employees in these work environments may be at greater risk for injury, office workers are also at risk.   Unfortunately, many office jobs require ... http://blog.peocanada.com/?p=341 What happens at home affects people’s performance at work. What happens at home can affect the safety and work climate of your workplace. Family violence can affect everyone in the workplace – employers, employees, co-workers and clients.   If an otherwise valuable member of your team has become less productive, late or ... http://blog.peocanada.com/?p=335 Did you know… ·         1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer ·         1 in 21 women & 1 in 11 men will develop lung cancer ·         1 in 8 men will develop prostate cancer ·         1 in 3 will develop a form of life threatening cancer ·         3 of 4 families will be affected ... http://blog.peocanada.com/?p=329 The sales profession is perhaps the most misunderstood profession on the planet. Too many of these great people get the label that “he/she is just a sales person” as if being in sales is a bad thing. Yet, real professional sales people are the movers and shakers of all businesses ... http://blog.peocanada.com/?p=323 Did you know… According to a 2008 survey:  ·         1 in 6 Canadians have been victims of Identity Theft. ·         6.5% of Canadian adults, or almost 1.7 million people were victims of identity fraud in 2007 alone. ·         The victims spent over 20 million hours and more than $150 million to resolve problems ... http://blog.peocanada.com/?p=320 Summer has arrived! Camping, swimming, hiking, picnics, and numerous other activities that normally aren’t as attractive to everyone during the cold winter months, are now here for the taking. All of which are made that much more fun with the warm rays of the sun falling all around us.   So what ... http://blog.peocanada.com/?p=310 I guess we could have all predicted that EI premium rates would increase at some point. When the economic downturn hit causing massive job losses it was only a matter of time. Over a 4 year span from 2011 to 2014 the Parliamentary Budget Officer projects the EI premium rates ... http://blog.peocanada.com/?p=303