Supportive Performance Management
A strengths based approach that focuses on solutions and employee success can contribute to the employee’s well-being.
Workplace Plan
A workplace plan includes specific solutions to past, current and potential work-related issues. The employee’s involvement in the creation of a workplace plan can be the determining factor for the employee’s commitment to the plan’s success.
Q & A for Sticky Stuff
Real life E.D.s ask questions about insubordinate staff, staff missing deadlines, and how to fire someone
https://blog.joangarry.com/fire-staff/
Impairment and Substance Use
The response when an employee appears impaired at work should be handled carefully. Information about impairment, services for problematic substance use, and tips for supporting an employee’s effective return to work after being off for treatment are included.
Five Myths that Perpetuate Burnout Across Nonprofits
How can we as nonprofit leaders proactively face the reality of chronic nonprofit employee burnout?
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/five_myths_that_perpetuate_burnout_across_nonprofits
Manitoba Labour Standards
Employment Standards is a government program under Manitoba Finance. It administers laws on minimum wages, hours of work, holidays and other workplace entitlements and responsibilities. The program enforces The Employment Standards Code, The Construction Industry Wages Act, The Remembrance Day Act, The Worker Recruitment and Protection Act and The Retail Businesses Holiday Closing Act. It also investigates complaints about violations of these laws.
https://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/standards/doc,quick_guide,factsheet.html
Immigrant Centre Winnipeg Resources for Employers
These resources include toolkits, webinars and other strategies and guidelines for engaging newcomer employees.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Recruitment, Hiring and Retention
This resource was created for the Urban Sustainability Network, but has application across all sectors to look at historical hiring discrepancies. There are recommendations for job descriptions, use of language, and socio-economic bias.
https://www.usdn.org/uploads/cms/documents/usdn-equity-in-recruitment_hiring_retention.pdf
Supporting Employees from a Different Cultural Background
While written for the early years sector, this toolkit provides universal information on potential barriers and practical and supportive HR practices.
http://www.ccsc-cssge.ca/hr-resource-centre/hr-toolkit/diversity-work/supporting-employees-different-cultural-backgrounds
Respectful Workplace
Respectful behaviour displays personal integrity and professionalism, practices fairness and understanding, demonstrates respect for individual rights and differences and encourages accountability for one’s actions. Respectful workplaces don’t just happen, they are built.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/careers-myhr/all-employees/working-with-others/promote-respect
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/careers/all-employees/working-with-others/miab_scenarios.pdf
Ethical Leadership for Non Profits
Practical pointers for demonstrating ethical behaviour in your non profit.
https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/ethical-leadership-nonprofits