Labour & Employment in Alberta

Examining contemporary issues in employment, labour relations and workplace injury in Alberta.

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Monday, November 22, 2010

Research: Crisis of Capitalism

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David Harvey has provided an interesting explanation of the nature of the current economic crisis . While perhaps not directly related to la...

Research: Motivating Employees

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Employee motivation is often an area of interest for HR and LR practitioners. While an interesting debate can be had about the political eco...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Research: Effective corporate self-regulation

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An upcoming article in Administrative Science Quarterly sheds new light on organizational self-regulation—a strategy often advocated as a r...
Monday, November 8, 2010

The political economy of health and safety

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Late last week, the government provided some additional information about its renewed emphasis on workplace health and safety. In an interv...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

Research: Corporate social responsibility

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The journal Academy of Management Perspectives published an interesting article in 2009 entitled " Is the socially responsible corpora...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Are safety records accurate?

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The government of Alberta recently launched a new database of employer injury records . Minister Thomas Lukaszuk noted : “Albertans have th...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Safety records and ticketing

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It has been an interesting summer for occupational health and safety in Alberta. A Calgary Herald series highlighted ineffective workplace ...
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