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Navigating the Employee Exit Landscape

This article from the Regional HR Consultant for Cariboo Chilcotin Coast covers voluntary and involuntary terminations, with or without cause, and the role of progressive discipline in addressing employee misconduct or performance issues before termination.

Mental Health Survey (2024)

In Spring 2024, go2HR and CMHA BC partnered to conduct a provincewide survey of tourism and hospitality employers that focused on mental health in the workplace. The findings were eye-opening: while the vast majority (92%) recognized mental health as a workplace priority, most (72%) admitted they were unsure how to take action or where to… Continue reading Mental Health Survey (2024)

Safety Talk: Managing Wildfire Smoke Exposure

Summers in much of B.C. are increasingly hotter and drier, leading to more frequent and intense wildfires. Wildfire smoke has become a significant environmental and psychological hazard that workplaces and communities must manage. As a worker, it's crucial to be prepared and take measures to manage the effects of wildfire smoke and minimize exposure.

How to Manage Psychological Health & Safety in Your Workplace

Prioritizing mental well-being leads to higher productivity, stronger engagement, improved morale, fewer conflicts, and better employee retention. You may already know this — and you might have been applying many of the principles outlined in WorkSafeBC’s Framework for Psychological Health & Safety without even realizing it. Follow along to build on your existing strengths, address areas for improvement, and take practical steps to foster a supportive, resilient workplace.

WHMIS Pictogram

This poster helps workers understand the different hazards associated with the various products they may be using in the workplace. Print and post it in chemical storage areas, staff areas, or on Safety Notice Boards to promote a deeper understanding of product hazards.

WHIMIS For Workers Video

This video helps workers understand the primary changes to WHMIS 2015 — new hazard classes, new labelling requirements, and a revised safety data sheet format — as well as the responsibilities of their employers to provide education and training

WHIMIS For Employers Video

This video explains the primary changes to WHMIS 2015: new hazard classes, new labelling requirements, and a revised safety data sheet format. It also describes your responsibilities as an employer and the phases of implementation.

How to Improve Intergenerational Communication in the Workplace

The workplace has become a multi-generational environment. The cultural, economic and social variances between generations often makes productive communication difficult.

B.C. Tourism and Hospitality Career Awareness Research (2022)

In late fall 2022, go2HR did a deep dive into existing tourism and hospitality career awareness initiatives across B.C., Canada, and the globe, as well as best practices used by other industries to showcase jobs and careers to youth. With that history in hand, go2HR completed in-depth stakeholder interviews to understand from educators, associations and government to help identify gaps in tourism and hospitality career awareness and how we might fill them. Learn about the six key themes that emerged from this research.

B.C. Tourism and Hospitality Worker Perceptions Research (2022)

In late fall 2022, go2HR gathered data from workers key to tourism and hospitality industry recovery, and growth. We wanted to understand their awareness of industry jobs and careers, barriers to entering the workforce, and what messages might encourage people to consider tourism and hospitality when next looking for a job or a career. Learn more about what is important to these key audiences when it comes to looking for, or accepting a job in tourism and hospitality.