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How Do You Modernize Your HR Approach? Revisit Your HR Plan

“Modernizing your workforce starts with modernizing your HR approach.” In today’s labor market, successful truck fleets and logistics companies know that staying abreast of the issues will help them stay ahead of the competition. Follow our “Modernizing Your HR Approach” blog series as we navigate emerging trends and share tips for finding, hiring, and retaining […]

Why We Need Women with Drive

The numbers don’t lie. The representation of women in the trucking and logistics industry remains well below their representation in Canada’s workforce as a whole. Just 3% of truck drivers are women. 11% of the industry’s administrators are women. 18% of dispatchers are women. With women comprising 48% of Canada’s labor force, clearly we need […]

Doing More for Workplace Mental Health

In any given year, 1 in 5 people in Canada will personally experience depression, anxiety, PTSD, or other mental health condition, and at some point all Canadians will be indirectly affected through a family member, friend, or colleague. My family is no different. I have a sibling with mental illness, and like many of you, […]

Make Coaching and Mentoring Work for You

Coaching and mentoring can have a significant positive impact on worker recruitment and retention. In fact, through our Top Fleet Employer program, we are seeing the benefits of coaching and mentoring programs first-hand, including higher rates of driver retention, better workplace morale, and impacts on safety. When designed and implemented effectively, a coaching and mentoring […]

What’s Next for Women in Transportation?

With research showing the need for as many as 48,000 drivers by 2024, the driver shortage is currently the top of mind for everyone in Canada’s trucking and logistics industry. But our industry and our country are not the only ones feeling this pressure. On October 14, 2018, Trucking HR Canada was invited to speak […]

Mental Health Matters

In any given week, 500,000 employed Canadians are unable to work due to a mental health issue. Depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other mental health conditions are increasingly responsible for disability claims and account for more than $6 billion in lost productivity due to absenteeism and “presenteeism.” In trucking, a worker who is on the job […]

What You Should Know about the New Federal and Provincial Labour Standards

Within the last year there have been significant initiatives involving federal and provincial employment standards legislation. As a reminder, in July 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada finally resolved the controversy over termination without cause under the Canada Labour Code. The trucking industry must take note of these changes as they provide protections against discipline […]

Trucking HR Canada Releases a Roadmap Focused on Recruiting and Retaining Indigenous Peoples

OTTAWA, ON (June 5, 2018) ? Trucking HR Canada has launched its new report Indigenous Recruitment & Retention: A Roadmap for Canada?s Trucking and Logistics Industry, to support industry employers in their efforts to better attract and retain Indigenous employees. The number of Indigenous workers in the trucking and logistics industry continues to remain well […]

Trucking HR Canada launches new resources and webinar focused on driver training

OTTAWA, ON (May 29, 2018) ? Trucking HR Canada has released a new driver training toolkit and will hold a supplementary, free webinar on June 13th to educate employers on how to best use the resource in their workplace. The driver training toolkit, called the National Occupational Standard (NOS) Toolkit, was developed with input from […]

Why Training and Professional Development Matters

The shortage of qualified employees, particularly truck drivers, is no secret to anyone who has been in the industry for a while. In fact, it’s been a challenge to recruit and retain individuals for several occupations, whether it is drivers, dispatchers, technicians or even senior managers. While there is no one recipe to solve the […]

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