The following article was originally published in The Publican magazine, Spring 2018 Edition. See it online at:http://www.emcmarketing.com/sites/emcmarketing.com/files/file_upload/Publican/2018/The_Publican_Spring_2018.pdf by Dorothy McEwan A safe workplace is a great workplace—the adage is enduring for a reason. Creating and maintaining strong health and safety programs shouldn’t just be about compliance with governing bodies; employers should strive to be leaders in the protection of their employees. When done right, these programs offer a wide range of benefits to the employer such as preventing injury and disease, controlling and identifying hazards, limiting the financial losses resulting from injury and disease, and much more. Most importantly, it indicates to employees that you care about them. Planning The easiest way to stay accountable in promoting a safe workplace … Read More
The Art of Deduction: An Employer’s Guide to Deductions – The Publican Winter 2017
The following article was originally published in The Publican magazine, Winter 2017 Edition. See it online at:http://www.emcmarketing.com/sites/emcmarketing.com/files/file_upload/Publican/2017/The_Publican_Winter_2017.pdf by Dorothy McEwan Employers often feel the pressure to recoup business costs when things happen that are out of their control: theft, damage, breakage, poor quality of work, etc. To protect themselves, many employers institute policies that are funded by their employees. These can take many forms, but are most commonly things like dine and dash funds, breakage, uniform rentals, and administration fees. As tempting as these are, they are illegal. The Employment Standards Act is clear that “employers cannot require that an employee pay for any portion of an employer’s business cost”. Theft, damage, uniforms, and dining and dashing are all considered … Read More
Path to Promoting From Within – InnFocus Fall 2017
Many organizations make internal promotions a business strategy. The large hotel brands I have proudly represented throughout my career made developing talent from within a business priority. Internal promotions are something this industry does extremely well. If you ask most General Managers, they will happily tell you they “grew up” in the business. Investing in people as though they are your greatest asset is what will truly set your operation and your career apart.that consists of possible next steps (sometimes even 2 or 3 steps); (3) write a development plan that develops, mentors, invests in them; and (4) execute your plan … Read More
