HR Professional

THE MAGAZINE OF HUMAN RESOURCES THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

JANUARY 2014

INSIDE

Mental Health Leave | Workplace Mentoring | Recruitment Trends

This issue of HR Professional addresses the theme of mental health and how it applies to human resources.

Features

1. The Mentally Healthy Workforce
   With awareness and training, workplaces can be part of the solution for employees at risk for mental illness.
2. Work-Life Balance: Is it Attainable?
   As current communication technology continues to blur the line between work and home, the importance of a successful work-life balance remains as critical as ever.
3. Under Pressure
   A new national standard makes employers more responsible for managing workplace stress.
4. Healthy Minds
   Reducing stigma in the workplace.
5. Interview with an HR Hero: Badar Khan, SHRP 48
   

Departments

Letter from the Editor


1. Leadership Matters
   A New Regulatory Act for the HR Profession
2. Upfront
   The latest HR news
3. Legal Words
   Court awards human rights damages in wrongful dismissal case.
4. Benefits
   The Dos & Don’ts of a Mental Health Leave
5. Training & Development
   Building a workplace mentoring program
6. Strategy
   Latest trends in Canadian recruitment
7. Off the Shelf
   What’s worth reading
8. Advertiser Index
   
9. The Last Word
   The CHRP: a reflexive value proposition

Volume 31 / Number 1 January 2014
Editor: Jill Harris
Managing Editor: Duff McCutcheon, HRPA Legal Editor: Malcolm MacKillop, Shields O’Donnell MacKillop LLP
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Editorial Advisory Board
Michael Bach, Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion/Institut canadien de la diversité et de l’inclusion Mary Ann Baynton, Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace Christine Burych, StarlingBrook Corporation Eric Cousineau, OCG Strategy & Organizational Consulting Joseph (Val) D’Sa, York Region District School Board Bonnie Flatt, Master Coaches Mandy Hanlon, Oakbridges Labour Relations Consulting Inc. Jennifer Laidlaw, Ontario Securities Commission Norm Sabapathy, Maple Leaf Foods Dr. Parbudyal Singh, York University Sandra Smith, North York General Hospital Melissa Sonberg, Aimia Christine Thomlinson, Rubin Thomlinson LLP HR PROFESSIONAL is published eight times per year for the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA).

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