Mandatory Retirement Revisited
Over 10 years ago the Supreme Court of Canada sanctioned mandatory retirement in universities and hospitals. Yet one decade later, the media is reporting labour shortages in these sectors. Demographic projections and recent research are examined in order to test the current validity of traditional arguments both for and against mandatory retirement.
Mandatory Retirement: Legislative/Legal Environment
Quebec and Manitoba abolished mandatory retirement in the early 1980s but other Canadian jurisdictions have not followed their lead. The legal status of mandatory retirement across the country is considered in order to provide a context for the debate as to whether mandatory retirement continues to be relevant.
Recent Mandatory Retirement Recommendations
Recent federal and Ontario studies have also revisited mandatory retirement. We focus on several key recommendations regarding mandatory retirement recently made by the Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel and the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
“You Aren’t Paying Me Enough!”
How do you ensure your employees are compensated fairly? And just what does "compensated fairly" mean? When used effectively, various types of salary and other compensation surveys can help you keep abreast of market trends, and prepare you if an employee asks you to "up the ante."
Fourth Quarterly Mini-Survey Report
For the past several months, Canadian investment dealers and commentators have raised concerns regarding dominance of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) 300 index by a single stock -Nortel Networks. A Watson Wyatt mini-survey was conducted to determine how organizations were handling this "Nortel Factor".
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