HR practices are not a one size fits all. Your HR needs are as unique as your business and we are here to help you complement your business strategies through the implementation of the right HR practices, tailored to your needs, values and business culture.

If any of the following questions applies to you, we can work together and help you project the right values, tools and strategies for your organization:

1. Are you are growing and need help with your human capital expansion and also with your retention and performance practices.
2. How can you create a better recruiting workflow? Do you need help standardizing the process so it can be easily taught and replicated?
3. How are your diversity and inclusion programs helping your business succeed? Have you implemented these practices yet and ensured you have the proper climate for change?
4. Are your biases stoping you from leveraging the true potential of your employees?
5. Are you promoting some of your front-line employees but you are too busy to provide them with the training they need to succeed as new managers and fulfill your KPI’s?
6. Do you need to train your managers with basic labour relations / ESA / human right code knowledge and help them apply it consistently across the board?
7. Would your employment contracts withstand the basic ESA requirements?
8. How are your existing policies shaping your organization’s culture. Do you have the right policies in place?
9. Are you fully compliant with WorkSafeBc requirements? Do you need help with your Occupational Health and Safety Manual?
10. Are your compensation strategies aligned with your growth and providing the right incentives for performance? How is your total compensation aiding you in your pursue of engagement?
11. What about training – learning & development? Are you ensuring your processes follow best Instructional Design practices and will move your organization towards  achieving intended strategic goals?

Phase 2 of reopening business is in full swing now and as many more businesses are adapting to this new reality, it is important to keep in mind that under OHS, you as an employer are responsible for the well being of your employees while at work.

Your employees have the right to ask you for safe working conditions, to refuse work if they deem conditions are not appropriate and report you to Worksafe BC.

Making work a safe space, however, is a shared responsibility.

WorkSafe BC has a great page with guidelines for this phase 2: https://www.worksafebc.com/en/about-us/covid-19-updates/covid-19-returning-safe-operation/what-workers-should-expect

Employers, on the other hand,  “do not need to submit their COVID-19 safety plan to WorkSafe BC for approval, but in accordance with the order of the Provincial Health Officer, this plan must be posted at the worksite” as stated in the WorkSafe BC website.

In their site you can also find a COVID-19 and returning to safe operation page which provides general guidance on developing your plans. Since making your place of work a healthy and safe place is a shared responsibility for employees and employers, it is highly recommended that you involve your workers in the creation of your safety plans. Their insight by being the ones closer to the “action” could be invaluable on helping you address issues before they become problems.

If you don’t have a proper Occupational Health and Safety policy and manual already in place, we can help you create one to assess and comply not only with Covid-19 safety regulations, but with standard, day-to-day measurements.

Let’s start a conversation and keep BC safe and prosper. We are all in this together!