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Intersecting Reflections on Competency Management in France and in North America
Bouteiller, Dominique; Gilbert, Patrick - 2010
differently, particularly as concerns France and North America. As well, this approach has not yet been well documented from a … priorities. Overall, if the system’s goals are perhaps less “strategic” and if the instrumentation in France is less noticeable … France. As conceptualized by both sides, one may say that, competency management is not yet truly operationalized and is far …
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Visiting and office home care workers' occupational health : an analysis of workplace flexibility and worker insecurity measures associated with emotional and physical health
Zeytinoǧlu, Işik Urla; Denton, Margaret; Davies, Sharon; … - 2009
The home health care sector in Canada experienced major restructuring in the mid-1990s creating a variety of flexibilities for organizations and insecurities for workers. This paper examines the emotional and physical health consequences of employer flexibilities and worker insecurities on home...
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Post-injury work outcomes revisited
Baldwin, Marjorie L.; Conway, Karen Smith; Huang, Ju-chin - In: Southern economic journal 76 (2009) 1, pp. 47-66
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Canadian Maritime Law Update : 2008
Walsh, Kimberley - 2011
This survey of recent developments includes reports on amendments to the Canada Marine Act, in particular changes that afford port authorities greater access to financing and regulate their governance, allow for the detention of vessels and goods when enforcement officers believe the act or...
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Employer Bullying : Implied Duties of Fair Dealing in Canadian Employment Contracts
Doorey, David J. - 2006
There are two approaches to employer bullying in the Canadian common law of employment. One approach treats it as a breach of an implied term of the employment contract requiring fair dealing (repudiation by breach of contract, or RBB). The other treats it as a repudiation of contract without...
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Job Satisfaction and Coworker Pay in Canadian Firms
Javdani, Mohsen - 2019
One reason to be concerned about income inequality is the idea that people not only care about their own absolute income, but also their income relative to various reference groups (e.g. co-workers, friends, neighbors, relatives, etc.). We use Canadian linked employer-employee data to estimate...
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Job satisfaction and coworker pay in Canadian firms
Javdani, Mohsen; Krauth, Brian - 2019
One reason to be concerned about income inequality is the idea that people not only care about their own absolute income, but also their income relative to various reference groups (e.g. co-workers, friends, neighbors, relatives, etc.). We use Canadian linked employer-employee data to estimate...
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Later Retirement: the Win-Win Solution
Hicks, Peter - In: C.D. Howe Institute Commentary (2012) 345
Over the coming two decades people are likely to stay in the workforce much longer – by about five years. There will be a strong trend towards later retirement as a result of social and economic pressures, without any policy action. The results will be largely positive and should therefore be...
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A Comparison of Labour Standards in the United States and Canada
Block, Richard N.; Roberts, Karen - 2010
This article introduces a methodology for measuring differences in the labour standards between the United States and Canada, taking into account variations by state and province. This methodology is then used to analyze differences in the two countries on ten labour standards. The results...
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Diverging Trends in Worker Health and Safety Protection and Participation in Canada, 1985-2000
Tucker, Eric - 2011
Despite the comprehensiveness of neo-liberal restructuring in Canada, it has not proceeded uniformly in its timing or outcomes across regulatory fields and political jurisdictions. The example of occupational health and safety (OHS) regulation is instructive. This article compares recent OHS...
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