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A new year brings new rules for trucking and logistics employers
Craig Faucette The beginning of the year has brought on a new set of changes that federally regulated employers will need to be aware of. These recent amendments to the Canada Labour Code include new standards for leaves of absence, occupational health and safety requirements and pay equity. As we roll into 2022 let’s take […]
The new pay equity agenda – 7 steps to compliance
On August 31st, 2021, the Pay Equity Act and its Regulations will enter into force, creating new requirements for federally regulated employers with 10 or more employees. The new legislation ?requires employers to be proactive in eliminating wage gaps between men and women in the workplace, ensuring equal pay for work of equal value across […]
Supporting Women in Your Workplace: 5 Best Practices from Top Fleet Employers
By: Alero Okajugu Diversity and inclusion in the workplace can help increase productivity, innovation, and employee retention, benefits that cannot be overstated in today’s business world. Women are essential to diversity, but the trucking and logistics industry still falls short with just 15% of women in the workforce. Trucking HR’s Top Fleet Employers Program recognizes […]
Seven steps to help you comply with Canada’s new rules on workplace violence and harassment
By: Angela Splinter It?s certainly been an interesting start to the new year. As COVID-19 and divisive politics rage on, the trucking and logistics industry continues to put its collective shoulder to the wheel in 2021 to keep the economy rolling. We?re thankful for truck drivers, dispatchers, technicians, and others who move the goods that […]
Understanding the Dispatcher
The trucking industry devotes a lot of attention to the recruitment and retention of drivers. This makes sense, as truck drivers represent more than 45% of the industry’s workers. But other occupations in trucking and logistics deserve consideration, too. Our report, “Labour Market Information: Interim Report September 2019,” profiles a wide range of job types, […]
Millennials Have Drive 2
OTTAWA, ON (July 23, 2019) — Trucking HR Canada has launched a new report, Millennials Have Drive 2, examining the findings from research conducted through Abacus Data, which surveyed over 2000 millennials across Canada to find out why they aren’t entering the trucking and logistics industry. The report, which builds on the Millennials have Drive […]
Trucking HR Canada Launches New Project Focused on Indigenous Youth
OTTAWA, ON (June 25, 2019) — Trucking HR Canada, with support from Indigenous Services Canada, announced today a new project focused on Indigenous youth. Over the next year, Trucking HR Canada will be working in collaboration with Indigenous organizations to deliver career awareness resources to Indigenous youth in northern Canada. As the fastest-growing demographic in […]
Top Fleet Employers program honours 63 industry workplaces
OTTAWA, ON (April 9, 2019)? Sixty-three of the best workplaces in Canada?s trucking and logistics industry have earned honours through the 6th annual Top Fleet Employers program, Trucking HR Canada has announced. All applicants were rated on topics including recruitment and retention practices, workplace culture, compensation, training and skills development, and innovative HR practices. Additionally, […]
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 […]
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 […]