Keeping Employees



Canadian employers are concerned about retaining employees. A number of factors are driving this concern.
  • Hiring is expensive when one considers recruitment costs, low productivity of new employees during their orientation, and lost productivity of managers or employees providing orientation.
  • Labour shortages
  • Retirement of older workers


More employers are realizing the value of creating workplace programs as an incentive to retain employees. This page provides links to a variety of workplace programs for you to consider in your workplace.

   Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Information regarding Substance Abuse Organizations, Employment Assistance Programs, Addiction Education Programs and Treatment Services available in Canada.
 
   Finders & Keepers Recruitment and Retention Strategies.
 
   Employers Sponsored Training
A Government of Canada initiative to help employers avoid laying people off as a result of changes in their workplace.
 
   Dependant Care Inititatives
 
   Reduction of Working Time
 
   Leave and Benefits
 
   Smoking in the Workplace
 
   Work-Life stress management
 
   Workplace Flexibility
 
   Workplace Health
 
   Human Resources Planning: Diagnostic
This diagnostic is divided into ten sections, each with ten statements. You may choose to do as many sections as you wish. The sections include: Human Resource Planning , Recruitment, Employee Orientation, Employee Communication, Performance Appraisal, Job Definition, Training & Development, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Relations and Health and Safety.
 
   Workplace Health Strategies Bureau
This site provides a needs assessment and other publications that will be of interest to employers including: A Guide To Developing And Implementing The Workplace Health System In Medium And Large Businesses and The Small Business Health Model - A Guide to Developing and Implementing the Workplace Health System in Small Business
 
   Workplace Health - Discovering the needs
This is a sample questionnaire that is being used by Workplace Health System Participants.