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Labour Disruption Contingency Planning
Labour disruptions can significantly impact municipal operations, employee productivity and the overall stability within the communities we serve. Whether [...]
Orientation to Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice (RJ) offers a set of principles and values that inform a plethora of practices for a variety [...]
Your Opinion Makes Us Stronger!
OMHRA’s member feedback survey is your opportunity to provide feedback to help us understand what we’re doing well, and [...]
Help Your Workplace Restoration With Health Insurance Support
A psychologically healthy workplace is a respectful, productive environment that promotes and protects the mental health of employees. As [...]
Fanning the flames of change: Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in the Fire Service
Today's blog, provided by Bernardi Human Resource Law, summarizes the content presented in today's webinar, part of OMHRA's Fall Webinar [...]
Conflict-resilience through coaching and emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is a pivotal factor in workplace effectiveness. Organizations that prioritize the development of EQ skills in [...]
Conflict Resolution and Coaching Strategies: A Reading List
In this week’s blog we are sharing links to two terrific articles which relate to this month’s theme of [...]
Time to Harvest a Full Plate of Learning Opportunities!
As part of OMHRA’s commitment to providing educational opportunities, thought leadership and guidance on Municipal Human Resource practices and trends, [...]
Remote Work Conflict Is Common: How Health Insurance Can Help
According to Statistics Canada, roughly 40% of Canadian jobs can be done from home. With more of your workforce [...]
When You Say Nothing at All
Do you remember the old cliché, “what you are speaks so loudly, people can’t hear what you are saying”? [...]
Coaching
Behaviour problems happen before performance problems thus performance challenges are a result of behavioural issues. A lack of consistent [...]
How Performance Expectations and Culture Impact Workplace Investigations in Ontario
Workplace investigations in Ontario play a pivotal role in addressing allegations of misconduct, harassment, discrimination, and policy violations. Nevertheless, [...]
Need To Retain Your Employees? Workplace Health Benefits Are Critical
A survey conducted by The Conference Board of Canada found an up to 83 per cent gap between the health [...]
What Impacts Staff Retention in Local Government?
This week's blog was authored by Amy Thomson, Director of Human Resources for Elgin County. Amy is currently enrolled in [...]
Want to retain employees? Don’t Overlook Conflict Management
Most employee retention strategies focus on compensation and benefits, working conditions, opportunities for development and progression, and clarity of [...]
OMHRA’s Conferences Never Shy Away from Exploring Today’s Big Ideas
Over the past six decades, OMHRA has established a solid reputation for hosting professional development events that deliver the [...]
It’s Not a Program, It’s a Community!
Don’t we all too often love to make the simple, complicated, and profound! In a bye-gone era, we did [...]
Don’t Experience FOMO – Register Now for our Fall Conference!
Don’t experience FOMO! Register now for OMHRA’s Fall Conference! OMHRA's Fall Conference and Annual General Meeting is fast-approaching! The [...]
FAQs Regarding Individual Insurance
As a continuation of last week's blog, below are seven frequently asked questions regarding how insurance brokers and individual [...]
How can an individual health and dental plan complement your group plan?
For those employees who are experiencing personal or familial physical or emotional challenges, an individual Health and Dental Plan may [...]
Recognizing our Member Volunteers
This month our theme is "Celebrating Successes: Recognition", and we are reminded of the importance of acknowledging and recognizing [...]
Employee Recognition: Expectations and Methods
This week's blog was contributed by Blessing Adesoji Kalejaiye. Blessing is a graduate student at Niagara College Canada, where [...]
Picture This: A Photo Contest!
As part of our 60th Anniversary celebrations, OMHRA is running a photo contest which serves to celebrate our successes [...]
The Power of Recognition
As leaders, our tendency is to think about, and apply, recognition as discrete actions, recognizing employees for something specific [...]
How employee health and wellbeing can be the solution to HR challenges
There are four main challenges that are top-of-mind for human resources (HR) teams today: recruitment, absenteeism, productivity and retention. [...]
