Katrina Pizzino Author Gravatar Image Business Management Three tips to communicate policy changes to employees by Katrina Pizzino The new year will bring important changes to the Canada Labour Code. Come Jan. 1, 2021, employers will need to ensure they maintain compliance with new Workplace Harassment and Violence…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Business Management Paying CEWS forward by James Menzies The Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy program saved trucking jobs. But it can achieve so much more.
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Business Management With 2020 in the mirror, what does 2021 hold for trucking? by Mike McCarron The editors at Webster’s really put a bow on 2020 when they officially added “social distancing,” “rapid testing,” and “asymptomatic” to the dictionary. Voting wasn’t even close when “pandemic” was…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Business Management Are you a boss or a leader? by Ray Haight Over the last couple of years, I have talked to many organizations and have been fortunate enough to play a business coach’s role to a number of trucking company leaders.
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Human Resources We need more women in trucking by Rolf Lockwood Never have I doubted that women can do the trucking job as well as men, pretty much no matter what job we’re talking about. And there are tons of women…
Kim E. Stoll Author Gravatar Image Human Resources Classify truck drivers properly, or face the consequences by Kim E. Stoll Some trucking companies use a business model that has come to be known as “Driver Inc.” to classify their truck drivers as “independent contractors” when they are actually employees. By…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety We can’t let our Covid guard down by John G Smith Like other non-essential types, I’ve been limiting ventures into the outside world since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Trips to our Toronto office are rare. When photos or other details are…
Mike Millian Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety The time to defer ELDs is now by Mike Millian Regular readers of this blog will be fully aware of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada’s (PMTC) concerns on electronic logging device (ELD) timelines and our concerns over Transport…
David Henry Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Better truck enforcement is needed by David Henry I am sick of the fatalities on the highway. Needless loss of a loved one is devastating for families. Recently, I wrote about road rage being at an all-time high.
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Business Management The value in accumulating small nuggets of knowledge by Ray Haight One of many thoughts rolling around in my skull these days is a lesson many of us heard in our younger years: Two ears, one mouth. Or maybe: You will…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Business Management Reconnecting is the best medicine by Mike McCarron It was with great interest that I read the new Hays 2021 Salary Guide published by the recruitment firm Hays Canada. The study found that 49% of Canadian workers are…
Angela Splinter Author Gravatar Image Human Resources Major revisions coming to Canada’s National Occupational Classification by Angela Splinter Canada is overhauling the National Occupational Classification (NOC) — the national reference on occupations in Canada. The NOC provides a systematic classification structure that categorizes the entire range of…
Doug Marcello Author Gravatar Image Human Resources Takeaways from ATRI’s annual survey by Doug Marcello “Perpetuation” and “inter-relation” are my two primary takeaways from the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual survey, Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry – 2020. This means the issues that are…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Business Management In praise of NACFE by Rolf Lockwood In a year like this, with a vile pandemic smashing our routines and dashing our plans, we still have a bright light or two. Among the brightest is the North…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Equipment California emissions push could affect Canadian equipment by John G Smith The lasting marks of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are found on every truck in a fleet yard. Most of the agency’s vehicle emissions standards have been embraced by…
