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CHAPTER 1 - The Challenge of Human Resources Management
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. Sandwich generation suffers stress, meeting demands
of children and elderly parents (1:38) |
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| 2. New study shows link between provinces and job satisfaction
(1:49) |
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| 3. Census report shows Canada could face a labour shortage
in next 10 years (1:43) |
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CHAPTER 2 - The Context in Which HRM Operates: The Legal Framework
and Beyond
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. Female fire chief filed complaint over sexual harassment
on the job (1:43) |
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| 2. Women city workers in Montreal allowed to retire
earlier than men (1:59) |
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| 3. Study finds wage gap between men and women closing
(1:45) |
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| 4. Four female RCMP officers suing over workplace sexual
assault (0:53) |
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| 5. Toxic environment |
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| 6. Cirque duSoleil faces lawsuit over firing of HIV
positive high flower (1:47) |
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CHAPTER 3 - Defining and Designing the Work
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. Survey tells of more people considering changing
jobs (2:24) |
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| 2. Study shows one third of Canadians hate their job
(1:42) |
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CHAPTER 4 - Human Resource Planning, Recruitment, and Selection
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. Immigrants to Canada have trouble gaining good jobs
(1:57) |
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| 2. W Five investigates the dubious tactics of career
recruiting firm Bernard Haldane (20:00) |
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CHAPTER 5 - Orientation, Training and Development
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. Florist provides on-the-job training for female
inmates (1:45) |
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| 2. Online education growing in popularity in Canada
(1:57) |
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CHAPTER 6 - Managing Performance
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. Medical researchers must meet stricter standards
before work is published (2:00) |
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| 2. Canadian Olympic team smallest in years because
of new performance criteria (1:58) |
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| 3. Struggling Canadian swim team contending with disenchantment,
poor performance (1:51) |
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CHAPTER 7 - Compensation: Recognizing and Rewarding Employees
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. Canadian new home care plan to offer paid time off
for ill family (2:25) |
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| 2. Supreme Court of Canada decides laid-off workers
to receive pension surplus (1:56) |
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| 3. Supreme Court ruled Newfoundland justified in deferring
back wages to female hospital work (1:50) |
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CHAPTER 8 - Creating a Safe and Healthy Work Environment
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. Health Canada report shows increased stress in workplace/employees
getting sick (1:53) |
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| 2. Second-hand smoke |
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CHAPTER 9 - Management Rights, Employee Rights, and Discipline
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. Francois Beaudoin wins wrongful dismissal case and
regains reputation (1:36) |
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| 2. Privacy commissioner George Radwanski’s severance
package angers some (1:47) |
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| 3. Six government employees must be re-hired after
being fired for sending pornographic e-mail (1:41) |
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| 4. 17 Canadian Valcartier soldiers fail drug test (1:57) |
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CHAPTER 10 - Labour Relations
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. 40,000 BC healthcare support workers o strike canceling
surgeries and tests (1:44) |
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| 2. Wal-Mart employees in Jonquiere, QC, close to setting-up
union (1:53) |
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| 3. Unionized workers in BC show support for healthcare
colleagues on strike (1:52) |
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| 4. Striking civil servants protests at Newfoundland’s
legislature as strike is in 3rd week (1:34) |
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| 5. Canada customs agents work to rule at U.S. border
crossing (1:38) |
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| 6. Air Canada CEO to meet with union to resolve deadlock
over cost cutting (2:11) |
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CHAPTER 11 - Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration
CHAPTER VIDEO CLIPS
| 1. Ottawa’s National Park Canal, affected by
Parks Canada employee strike (8:00) |
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| 2. Upcoming NHL season in jeopardy as talks breakdown
(1:48) |
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| 3. Strike causes beer drought in Vancouver (1:51) |
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| 4. B.C. forestry workers go on strike over wages and
working conditions (1:47) |
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5. No end to NHL strike in foreseeable future (1:57) |
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