contents VOLUME 36 / NUMBER 13 / DECEMBER 2018
FEATURES
Cover Story.................................................................16
What 2019 is bringing for HR
Meet the HR Influencers..........................................52
Alison DeMille, BA, MIR
ARTICLES
Letter from the Editor..................................................4
Preparing for a new year
Upfront...........................................................................7
Industry news
Legal Words................................................................13
Coulda woulda shoulda
Training & Development...........................................21
Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it’s acceptable
Engagement................................................................25
Shutting off
Health & Safety..........................................................27
Top-down buy-in
Conflict Resolution....................................................29
What is “workplace harassment?”
Workplace Culture....................................................31
Gender identity in the workplace
16
Recruitment................................................................35
Lights, camera, recruit
Mental Health............................................................37
Care from anywhere
Leadership..................................................................39
Beyond metrics
Benefits.......................................................................41
Pharmacogenomics
Strategy.......................................................................45
Want to increase employee productivity?
Technology..................................................................47
A new AI
Diversity......................................................................49
Making diversity pay off
Off the Shelf................................................................56
What’s worth reading
On the Cover
This month, writer Melissa
Campeau dives into what
are being projected as the
three biggest trends in HR
for 2019: Analytics and AI,
recruiting and retention, and
atypical work patterns. That
article starts on page 16.
Cover photo: Sergey Nivens/123rf.com
INSIDE: CARE FROM ANYWHERE | SHUTTING OFF | LIGHTS, CAMERA, RECRUIT
hrprofessionalnow.ca THE MAGAZINE OF HUMAN RESOURCES THOUGHT LEADERSHIP | DECEMBER 2018
What is
Bringing for HR?
FROM AI TO RECRUITING TO ATYPICAL WORK,
THE NEW YEAR PROMISES A MIXED BAG OF
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
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