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6 Great Reasons to Become a Top Fleet Employer
6 Great Reasons to Become a Top Fleet Employer You’re running a successful operation, but is it a Top Fleet? Find out by applying to become a Top Fleet Employer! The Top Fleet Employer application process helps you examine your organization’s HR practices and policies; only high achievers in Canadian trucking and logistics with sound […]
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Top Three Top Fleet Employer Tips for Success
The Top Fleet Employers Best Practices Report has great examples of employee experience tools that are working. Top Fleets are leading the way in many areas, including employee engagement and new approaches in skills and training. Here are three tips: Build a Skill-Based Organization – A skill-based organization is one where current employees are encouraged […]
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Five facts about THRC’s Career ExpressWay
By: Angela Splinter Connecting talented individuals to the many well-paying, stable, and rewarding jobs available in the trucking and logistics sector remains an industry priority. The wage and training incentives offered through THRC’s Career ExpressWay provide our sector with the support needed to make this happen. We are currently working with a variety of Government programs […]
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Survey Says: It’s time to refresh our LMI
Trucking HR Canada launches a new survey to help employers benchmark their employment performance By: Craig Faucette If you’ve participated in a Trucking HR Canada webinar or event, you’ve probably heard us talk about our commitment to providing evidence-based HR solutions for the industry. We take this commitment seriously, backing our work with the latest […]
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New Year, New Rules for Employers
Angela Splinter, CEO A new year means new rules for employers in trucking and logistics. Trucking HR Canada has compiled a list of regulatory and policy changes that may affect your workplace in 2023, with links to various resources and tools to help. Here’s what you should know. Under Bill C-3, employees can now receive […]
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Amid rising demand for truck drivers, the industry’s HR experts have tools to help
Angela Splinter, CEO According to Trucking HR Canada’s latest labour market information (LMI), nearly 320,000 people were employed or actively seeking work as truck drivers during the third quarter of 2022. Roughly 60% of these drivers work directly in the truck transportation sector while the rest are employed in construction, agriculture, mining, oil and gas, […]
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Upcoming Changes to the National Occupational Classification (NOC) system
Changes to the National Occupational Classification (NOC) system and impacts on the truck driver occupation Melissa McGregor, Senior Program Advisor Important changes are coming to the National Occupational Classification (NOC) system that the government of Canada uses to classify jobs and determine eligibility for various programs and incentives. The old four-digit codes will be replaced […]
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Trucking HR Canada’s subsidies help Border City Concrete
Border City Concrete gets new Class 1 drivers and a mechanic with support of Trucking HR Canada’s subsidies Lloydminster has the particularity of straddling between Alberta and Saskatchewan. You literally can change provinces by crossing a street. Ron Kelly, Border City Concrete So it’s no surprise that Ron Kelly has been looking at both provinces’ […]
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Labour shortage solutions
Cecilia Reaburn This represents the industry’s highest number of vacancies ever recorded since Statistics Canada started tracking vacancies in 2015. Even more concerning is that 49% of these openings remain unfilled for 90+ days. Driving roles are not the only roles going unfilled. The Canadian Truck Transportation industry has been seeing a steady increase in […]
Employers Due to Review Workplace Harassment and Violence Regulation in 2024
Employers are reminded that several of the requirements introduced by the Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention (WHVP) Regulations are coming up for review and renewal starting in 2024. The review process is mandatory for all employers who are subject to the regulations, and it’s a great opportunity to assess how well your current system is […]