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Four Key Takeaways from Women with Drive 2021
By: Katrina Pizzino Trucking HR Canada?s 7th Annual Women with Drive Leadership Summit kept the international women?s day celebratory vibes of women, women leaders, and women in the industry going full speed. While the event was a little different – being the first time it was held virtually and globally, we still brought together over […]
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 […]
Gender imbalance in trucking and logistics
By: Craig Faucette Some jobs just seem to attract more workers of one gender than another. These patterns have more to do with long-standing biases about which industries and occupations are better suited to men or women than actual gender-based differences in knowledge, abilities, or career interests. In trucking and logistics, men make up 85% […]
Understanding Canada’s Truck Driver Shortage
By: Angela Splinter March 1, 2021 Is there a shortage of truck drivers in Canada? This question often sparks a heated debate?and more questions. Is the labour market so tight right now that there are too few people to drive trucks? Are employers not doing enough to make the job attractive? With all the driver […]
Coaching through COVID-19
By: Angela Splinter In trucking, a successful game plan for recruiting and retention includes coaching. A great coach can get the best performance out of an individual or team by providing just the right mix of guidance, instruction, and support. Many of our Top Fleet Employers have seen the benefits of coaching programs first-hand, including […]
Time for a temperature check on mental health
By: Angela Splinter January 26, 2021 Trucking HR Canada recently conducted an informal temperature check survey of employers and employees about the topic of mental health in the workplace. While the intent was to gather information over our social media channels for a federal consultation on the topic, what we heard from respondents was alarming. […]
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 […]
Trucking HR Canada’s Top 3 Tips to Communicate Policy Changes to Employees
By: Katrina Pizzino The new year will bring important changes to the Canada Labour Code. Come January 1, 2021, employers will need to ensure they maintain compliance with new Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations (the Regulations).? Part of ensuring compliance involves adequately and clearly communicating the regulatory changes to employees. This entails adhering to […]
Responding to Workplace Harassment and Violence: Who or What is the Designated Recipient?
By: Marisha Tardif Federally regulated employers will have new obligations to address workplace harassment and violence starting on January 1, 2021. Making sense of what?s required under these changes to the Canada Labour Code can be a challenge. What?s more, the Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations (the Regulations) introduce many concepts and practices that […]
Marking a decade
By: Angela Splinter May 4, 2021 This week marks my 10-year anniversary working in the trucking and logistics sector. Always a keener and up for a challenge, I came here ready to make a difference. Having worked in other industries doing the type of HR work I am doing now, I saw the opportunities that […]