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THE BOARD
At 101
There is no age to sit on a board of directors. At 101, ex-politician Hazel McCallion has just agreed to extend her three-year tenure on the board of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA). The one who was mayor of Mississauga for 36 years has served there since 2017. “She has devoted herself to her community for more than 40 years and continues to play an important role in overseeing and guiding the largest airport in Canada (the airport Pearson International Airport in Toronto),” said federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra. We cannot accuse the GTAA of ageism! In 2014, Mr.me McCallion, originally from the Gaspé, was featured in The Press when she had just announced her retirement from municipal political life, at the age of 93.
(Source: CTV News)
GESTURE
Abortion reimbursed
To support their employees in American states where abortion is prohibited or highly regulated (Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Utah, etc.), companies cover their air travel or reimburse the costs of the procedure. This is the case of the search platform Yelp, established in San Francisco, which has 200 employees in Texas and which will offer this assistance from May. Citigroup bank, which has 8,000 employees in the same state, has been helping pregnant women since March. Republican Briscoe Cain, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, has promised to make it difficult for organizations to implement this social benefit in the long term.
(Source: Inc.com and The New York Times)
THE QUOTE
PHOTO FROM VERNA MYERS WEBSITE
Verna Myers, President and Founder of Verna Myers Consulting Group, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist
Diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being invited to dance.
Verna Myers, President and Founder of Verna Myers Consulting Group, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist
(Source: Cleveland.com)
THE NUMBER
12,700
This is the number of federal civil servants who left their posts in 2021, according to the Treasury Board, an increase of 13% compared to 2020. The reasons? Retirements (in the vast majority of cases), resignations, dismissals, deaths and “unspecified”. We note, however, that a significant proportion of the departures took place in the summer, rather than in January traditionally, when the government was starting to talk about compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 in the public service.
(Source: Radio Canada)
DECISION
“Good girl” to be avoided
“Degrading and humiliating. Here is a court’s description of the attitude of a sales representative of a large British-based company towards an employee in her late thirties. “You should change your profile picture, because you are beautiful. For once, trust your manager. This one multiplied the “good girl! even though the woman had told him to stop calling her that. Over time, the comments and gestures became more and more aggressive, to the point where the employee went to complain to management, without follow-up. “There is an evolution in what is accepted today, summed up the judge assigned to the appeal. Words that previously seemed inconsequential can now be seen as sexist, homophobic and racist. »
(Source: The TelegraphOrder of Chartered Human Resources Advisors)
THE STUDY
Challenging
The pandemic has been difficult for everyone, and employees in human resources departments are not spared. According to a study by the app (employee experience) Workvivo, 98% of human resources professionals, in the United States and Great Britain, have felt a deep exhaustion in the last six months. And 78% are considering changing jobs. The fact of having been in the front line for the adaptation to work from home, from March 2020, would have contributed to their shortness of breath.
(Source : Forbes)