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Meet and Greet Hudson's Bay

Date:

Tuesday November 4^th at 2pm

Hosted at:

Hudson’s Bay Company

Midtown Plaza

201 1^st Avenue South

Saskatoon, SK 

***We will meet at the “Associate’s Lunchroom” which can be found on the 2^nd Floor near the entrance to the mall.

For more information:

Please call: (306) 244-7034 ext. 176

Employer:

Hudson’s Bay Company has been an iconic Canadian retailer specializing in fashion apparel, cosmetics and home goods for many decades. They create signature customer service experiences to promote continued consumer engagement. By joining the Hudson’s Bay Company, one can contribute their skills to this vibrant organization and their professional team!

Note:

-APPLY

Please apply online at https://hbc.mua.hrdepartment.com/hrsmart/ats/JobSearch/search to the position(s) you prefer before the session.

-CALL

After applying online, applicants can call/leave a message for Elaine Meketuik the General Manager at (306) 242-7611 ext. 255 to confirm online application and attendance at the Employer Visit session

-ATTEND

Lastly, job-seekers are asked to dress in “business casual” wear for the session and bring along an  “Associate Availability Form” choosing one preference for: “Full-time” or “Flexible Full-time” (28-40hrs) or “Regular Part-time” (15-40hrs) or “Part-time – Auxiliary” (Floating) or “Seasonal” (throughout holiday season).  See your Employment Counselor for a copy of the form.

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Workplace Health and Safety Matters

Leading the Way for Leaders of Tomorrow

Workplace Health and Safety Matters is the blog of Steve Horvath, President and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. In a recent blog post, Steve shared his thoughts on various initiatives focused on young worker health and safety. We have seen a decline in workplace injury rates among 15 - 19 years old across Canada, which I believe is due, in part, to efforts to incorporate young worker awareness and education programs into the regular education curriculum. The last few weeks have underscored some of our efforts in developing our youth to be future leaders in health and safety. First, on behalf of our Council of Governors, CCOHS has awarded its 12th annual Dick Martin Scholarship, a national award to recognize students enrolled in a Canadian occupational health and safety degree or diploma program, and to encourage their pursuit of a career in workplace health and safety. Congratulations to this year's deserving winners: Jodie Chadbourn (Ontario) and Kathy Lee (Saskatchewan), who each received $3000. Their academic institutions, the University of New Brunswick and the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, also each received $500. In addition, CCOHS continues to support the annual "It's Your Job" youth video contest. All Canadian secondary school students begin their competition through provincial and territorial contests administered by their respective ministries and departments of labour. They are challenged to use their creativity to develop an original video that can be used in social media to communicate with their peers about working safely on the job. The winners in each jurisdiction then compete at a national level contest. Congratulations to this year's national winners: First place: Ben Croskery, John McCrae Secondary School, Ottawa, ON Second place: Pranay Noel, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Secondary School, Mississauga, ON Third place: Dane Cutliffe, Colonel Gray High School, PEI Fan Favourite: Dylan Pappenfoot, Logan Seipp and Dylan Stadnyk, Humboldt Collegiate Institute, Humboldt, SK As well, I am co-chair of the World Congress on Safety and Health at Work's symposium on "Creating a Safe and Healthy Learning and Working Environment" which integrates workplace, community and education groups toward our common goal of developing a young worker safety culture. In that role I also have the privilege of welcoming the delegates from the International Youth Congress - attending from around the world - to the 2014 World Congress next month in Frankfurt, Germany. Here at CCOHS, in the past couple of decades, we have focused on programs to empower youth in creating a new generation of workplaces that embrace a culture of prevention. But success cannot be achieved in isolation, so our continued efforts to promote and coordinate a holistic approach to young worker safety will integrate with the efforts of workplace, community and education institutions. Together, we head toward the common goal of creating a culture of prevention in all workplaces. Read Steve's blog, Workplace Health and Safety Matters.

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In April, the Government of Saskatchewan will increase the province's minimum wage from $10 to $10.20 per hour effective October 1, 2014.  The Government also announced it would introduce regulations to provide for regular indexing of the minimum wage each year.

Highlights of the new minimum wage regulation will include:

• Indexation formula will be based on the equal weighting of the percentage changes in the Consumer Price Index and Average Hourly Wage for the previous year.
• A change in the minimum wage will be announced on or before June 30 of each year, with that change coming in effect on October 1 of the same year