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“Increasing the percentage of females or racial minorities in corporate workforces are goals often pursued by firms devoted” to Diversity, equity, and inclusion (known as DEI) and it has gained great prominence in recent years.   More and more companies are trying to apply DEI to their hiring practices.  Opponents claim that this tends “to advance the mingling of racial or sexual identity with critical hiring decisions, leading to a decline in overall profitability and efficiency as efforts to hire the most qualified candidates are deprioritized.”

Almost 75% of employers are, or will be, experiencing hiring challenges in 2023.  This isn’t news. Forbes[i], Benefits Canada[ii], LinkedIn[iii], The Guardian[iv] and others offer articles full of disturbing survey statistics and trends and itemize the problems that...

Time Theft is when an employee is engaged in something other than the work they’re being paid to do during work hours.  It’s becoming a big problem for employers, particularly with the increase in remote workers.  Recently, an employee in British Columbia was ordered to return $2500 to her employer due to time theft.