
How GEM Health Care is keeping workplaces COVID free
As workers trickle back to the office, employers will be anxious enough about withstanding the pandemic without having to worry about their workforce being COVID-free.
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How GEM Health Care is keeping workplaces COVID free
As workers trickle back to the office, employers will be anxious enough about withstanding the pandemic without having to worry about their workforce being COVID-free.

The Royal partners to deliver lifelines to students
While the world grappled with the complex implications of living in the time of a pandemic, students across Canada faced unprecedented mental health challenges.

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall makes it easy to ‘borrow a lawyer’
Alternative Legal Services is about providing legal support delivered on-site on a temporary basis for a defined period and billed at a per-day rate.
OSEG Foundation to take over Ottawa-Gatineau Youth Foundation
Charities say the move will help better serve community youth in an increasingly competitive fundraising landscape.

Workplaces need to be flexible to win escalating war for talent, HR experts tell Ottawa audience
As the shift to remote work has accelerated, it’s become more important than ever for employers to communicate with staff in a “clear, authentic way,”

Best Places to Work: Is cash the best perk of all?
You can’t pay a mortgage with a foosball table, you can’t get your kid braces with a flight upgrade and a nice hotel suite.

Ten lessons from Ottawa’s Best Places To Work
What makes them the best places to work for doesn’t necessarily all come down to money, rather philosophies and practices that keep their workforces happy

Summer tourism surge convinces Lord Elgin to reopen
After being closed for more than 18 months as the pandemic all but wiped out tourist traffic for most of 2020 and into 2021, the

Sutcliffe: It ain’t normal till it’s normal
Like a family emerging from the basement after a natural disaster, local businesses resurfacing and regrouping after the pandemic won’t have much time to celebrate.

How companies are optimizing the work-from-home environment
The shift to virtual meetings and working from home has affected various workers differently. While some have increased their productivity by cutting out long commutes
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