Compliance & Best Practices Guides

These short-format publications show you the 'why', 'what' and 'how' of compliance with ever-changing government requirements. Click on a guide title to learn more about the guide. Click on a button beside a guide title and fill in your contact information to purchase the guide.

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Jurisdiction-specific guides

Overtime rules in Ontario

Employment law self-audit and repair kit

Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan

Guides applicable across all jurisdictions

Workplace violence and harassment prevention
Risk assessment tools for effective internal controls
Protecting employee and customer privacy

Co-published by First Reference and the Human Resources Professional Association, this 40-page paper explains why HR professionals are ideally positioned to take the lead in pandemic planning within their organizations, and provides a methodology for building a robust Business Continuity Plan.

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The 32-page paper serves as a comprehensive guide to writing and maintaining policies that create a sound internal control framework to minimize risk and establish best practices within your organization.

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