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Reference is made to the The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – here is the actual document which all Canadians should know about. http://www.efc.ca/pages/law/charter/charter.text.htmlThe Canadian Government has a number of excellent websites. Visit Human Resources Development Canada's site at http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/home.shtml. The site contains valuable information on a number of topics from work search assistance to training and career planning tools. Explore these areas at your leisure. Click on the "Labour and Workplace" link. Here you will find links to the actual legislation mentioned in your text. Click on "Workplace Equity" for example and read about the Employment Equity Act. When did the act come into effect? What are the employers' obligations? Next, find the "Employment Standards Act". This gives you first hand info on everything from minimum wages to sick leave to vacation pay. Can you, for example, find out how much vacation pay or vacation time you must be given by law? Why have Human Resource considerations become so important in Business Management? The one area in which companies can become more competitive is having the best people and having those people serve their customers in the best way. Therefore one of the key things for companies in the "new new" economy is to focus on the people in the company, and the customers they serve Read more at www.witiger.com/internationalbusiness/HRforIB.htm Part of understanding diversity is knowing how to market to different cultures. At www.witiger.com/marketing/cultures.htm You can see a webpage built by the students of Prof. Richardson. This page features various countries around the world and "Things in XXXXXX culture you should know about to be able to successfully market to XXXXXX people". See if your country is represented? Or comment on the YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tBOO10ggsE Reference is made to Canada’s top 100 employers The link to their site is http://www.canadastop100.com/ |