contents VOLUME 34 / NUMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 2017
FEATURES
Employer Responsibilities in Employee
Caregiving Situations................................................. 20
Why employers need to be thinking about eldercare
Cancer and the Workplace........................................ 24
Workplaces need a more strategic, comprehensive and
integrated approach to health that includes cancer
Meet the HR Influencers............................................ 40
Angela Briginshaw
DEPARTMENTS
Letter from the Editor.................................................... 4
Leadership Matters....................................................... 7
Support system
Upfront............................................................................. 9
Legal Words.................................................................. 17
Employer best practices for avoiding age discrimination
Benefits......................................................................... 29
The cost of working to 70
Technology.................................................................... 31
Communicate more effectively with video
Culture........................................................................... 33
Creating value for employees
Training & Development............................................. 35
Training in a changing world
Talent Management.................................................... 37
The workforce implications of eldercare
33
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Employees in caregiving
situations are under an
immense amount of pressure
due to an overwhelming
amount of obligations. In
this issue’s cover feature,
learn about how employers
can be a support system for
their caregiving employees,
and the ways in which
employers are legally
obligated to help. Our cover
story starts on page 20.
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hrprofessionalnow.ca THE MAGAZINE OF HUMAN RESOURCES THOUGHT LEADERSHIP | SEPTEMBER 2017
EMPLOYER
RESPONSIBILITIES
IN ELDERCARE
OBLIGATIONS
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