Resources for Human Resources Management
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A Guide to the Employment Standards Act This on-line Guide on the BC Employment Standards Branch Web site contains general information. Additional detail can be found in the Employment Standards Interpretation Guidelines Manual and in Factsheets on specific subjects. |
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An Assessment of Your Retention Practices Not sure where to start in trying to hold on to your stars? These 26 questions from the Workforce Web site should help. |
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BC Employment Standards Branch The Employment Standards Branch of the Ministry of Skills Development and Labour administers and enforces the Employment Standards Act and Regulations, which set minimum standards for wages and terms of employment for most workers in BC. The Employers section of this Web site has extensive information on employers’ responsibilities, including employing Resident Caretakers. |
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BC Federation of Labour The BC Federation of Labour defends the rights of working people and is the voice of BC's union workers. The Web site provides links to government labour-related sites. |
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BC Housing The Housing Provider Kit is an important resource. See the
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BC Human Resources Management Association The online Buyers Guide could be a useful source of professional HR expertise (e.g. compensation & benefits, recruitment). The Web site also has links to other sites geared to HR professionals. |
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BC Non-Profit Housing Association The Right Staff is a full-day workshop to help you find the best staff and get the best out of them:
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BC Work Futures This Web site describes 200 occupations and provides a description and BC labour market analysis for each, including salaries. |
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BenefitsCanada BC’s free on-line employee benefits and compensation resource. Their goal is to provide you with an unparalleled resource guide, the best source of information and solutions about benefits plans available in Canada. |
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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety The centre promotes a safe and healthy work environment by providing information and advice about occupational health and safety. See our Guide to the Web site. |
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Canadian Human Rights Reporter (CHRR) CHRR is a non-profit publisher that promotes access to human rights law in Canada. Since 1980, it has published decisions of boards of inquiry, tribunals and courts from all jurisdictions, as well as the decisions on appeals which flow from them. Many of the decisions are not available from any other source. CHRR also publishes human rights legislation from all jurisdictions. You can purchase on-line or check out the free Human Rights Primer that includes BC specifics. |
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Canadian Industrial Relations Association The association provides information and support to those interested in industrial relations, work, and employment including union-management relations, labour law, human resources management, and related issues. |
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Co-operative Housing Federation of BC The Co-op as Employer workshop (see on Web site under Board of Directors Workshops) explores the board's role, personnel policies, job descriptions, employee contracts, hiring, staff training, employee supervision, and performance evaluation. E-mail Sue Moorhead or Leslie Burdak. |
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Employment Standards Tribunal (EST) This Web site has information about appeals of determinations issued by the Director of Employment Standards or recommendations on requests for exclusion from all or part of the Employment Standards Act and Regulations. |
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HR-Guide HR-Guide is a rapidly growing Web site containing hundreds of pages of information related to human resources. |
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HRVS Project Good employees are key to a voluntary sector organization's success. In a context of increasing competition for talent, voluntary sector organizations must ensure that they have the capacity to attract, support and retain committed and skilled employees now and into the future. Building this capacity is the goal of the Developing Human Resources in the Voluntary Sector (HRVS) project. HRVS provides practical human resources information and tools for small to mid-sized voluntary organizations. Please visit the HRVS Web site to access these resources. |
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Human Resources Management This Service Canada HR Web site is designed to help small- to medium-sized businesses save time and money. It provides government and non-government information that is national to local in scope to help you manage your day-to-day human resources. You can even personalize the site for your needs. Here are three ways to access the site’s many resources: the FAQs, the sidebar topics, and the site map (top bar). Areas include hiring, pay & benefits, training & development, employee & labour relations, occupational health & safety. You can focus in on BC to find local HR suppliers. |
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Labour Market Information This Web site provides general and detailed information on local labour markets across Canada including selected mainland regions of BC. Each profile includes duties, employment requirements, terms and conditions of work, wage ranges, trends, training availability. Useful for comparing salary levels. |
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Labour Relations Board A useful Web resource for societies with unionized staff or facing certification of a union. Check out Bulletins, Guidelines, and Mediation. Click on any of these topics in the left sidebar and check out the subtopics for each that display in the lower sidebar. |
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National Occupational Classification The Web site has occupational codes and descriptions for over 500 job types. Look up the job title you want under Index of Titles. The codes are useful for checking pay scales. The descriptions can help with preparing job descriptions. |
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Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association The ONPHA Human Resources Handbook is a useful reference for
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Recognition & Rewards – Satisfy Them With More Than Money This on-line article from Workforce presents surveys that show employees want fair, competitive compensation—but they also want to be recognized for their contributions. Log in (it's free) and do a search for "satisfy them with more than money." |
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Recognition and Incentives Here are the results of an on-line search of the Workforce Web site that include over 80 documents on recognition and rewards and some very effective techniques for valuing and motivating employees (and volunteers). |
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Sample Job-Sharing Policy Here's one company's policy from the Workforce Web site explaining the benefits and costs of job-sharing. Also included is a sample job-sharing request form. Note: you will have to sign in as a member to access the policies. |
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Self-Counsel Press You can buy these resources on-line (click on Human Resources in the sidebar under the Business category):
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Three Companies Cut Turnover with Tests This article from the Workforce Web site makes the case that evaluating candidates’ personalities, as well as their job skills, greatly improves recruiters’ odds of making successful hires, which reduces staff turnover rates and hiring costs. |
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Volunteer BC The Web site of BC’s volunteer centres offers some valuable resources. |
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Volunteer Canada This Web site has a useful resource on volunteer screening, including contacts for volunteer centres in BC that provide screening workshops. |
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Volunteer Vancouver This Web site offers members a database for matching organizations and volunteers in the Greater Vancouver region, a resource library, and workshops and customized training. |
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Work-Life Balance in Canadian Workplaces This Web site offers help to organizations in designing and implementing supportive programs and policies that facilitate work-life balance. One section allows employers, unions, managers, and human resources practitioners to access the latest information and examples of best practices that enhance work-life balance for their employees. |
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Work911 This website contains a large selection of FREE help, ranging from free articles on workplace issues, to online forums and book chapters. Visit the Work911 website. |
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Workers' Compensation Board of BC The Workers' Compensation Board of BC is dedicated to promoting workplace health and safety for the workers and employers of British Columbia. See our Guide to the site. |
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Workers' Compensation Board Review Division The Review Division was created in 2002 as a result of amendments to the Workers Compensation Act (the "Act") that made significant changes to the workers' compensation appeal process. These changes, which took effect on March 3, 2003, established two levels of review or appeal for most decisions made by the Workers' Compensation Board under the Act. |
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Workforce This Web site offers extensive resources on HR trends and tools in the US and Canada. Register for free to use the database, and sign up for e-mail updates. Check out the Research Center. |
