‘It is your new normal’: Canada’s aging work force root of national labour shortage
For years, experts have been warning of a looming wave of retirements as baby boomers grow older and start to exit the workforce en masse.
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Ottawa Business Growth Survey: Diversity and collaboration is key to business success
Ottawa’s local political and business leaders have done a more effective job at navigating the pandemic and positioning the economy for a stronger recovery than
Why ‘stay interviews’ are on the front lines of the fight for employee retention
A twist on the familiar “exit interview,” which asks departing employees why they decided to leave, a stay interview does the opposite: asks employees what
Bruyère is a multi-site academic health care organization that is maximizing quality of life and helping people stay at or return home. We deliver a
‘Incredible challenges’: Shopify president talks pandemic, stock plunge and layoffs
“We’ve had to make some tough decisions…but one of the things that we’ve hopefully demonstrated to the world is that we’re a company that is
Return to in-person work a contentious issue among federal public servants
Musings about a potential back-to-office order, which could mean two to three days of in-person work a week, are sparking debate.
Letter to the Editor: Working sick a different matter for those without paid sick days
“Giving employees the option to stay home when they are sick is not just a moral imperative, it makes business sense,” an OBJ reader writes
Local healthtech companies get their day in the Bears’ Den
At the inaugural Bears’ Den event last month, four startups were each given 10 minutes to pitch their idea to an investor panel and answer
Ontario’s tourism sector won’t fully recover from pandemic until 2025: report
Tourism businesses in the province are generating 64 per cent of the revenues they saw in 2019, on average, and seven in 10 report they
Op-ed: With healthcare in crisis, let’s have the audacity to innovate a better way forward
“We have the opportunity to create such powerful solutions in Ottawa, both for our community and the world,” writes CHEO’s Dr. Jason Berman
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