The Creative HR Lady

Diversity is not necessarily inclusion. 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏼Diversity is more about ensuring heterogeneity when selecting a workforce. ➡️ Inclusion is more about the practices that make every member feel welcome, by providing them an equal chance to succeed at the organisation. ❌ Inclusion does not mean accepting substandard work because the person belongs to a minority community. 💻 It means providing the person with essential tools he/she/ze needs to be able to succeed in that role. ♿ 🎉 It means celebrating diversity by not excluding them from work events and other things. 🗣️ It means giving the person the feedback he/she/ze needs to improve. 👂It means truly listening to understand ways to help the person succeed. ❌ It does not mean allowing the person to do whatever they want, at the expense of other workers having to do the person's work for them. ✅ It just means removing barriers to their success and levelling the playing field as much as possible. ❌ It does n...

The short answer is no. The longer answer is that it depends on the province you live in. ⚖️ While every province has its own set of laws, the one underlying similarity is that they are only legal when it is exclusively to the benefit of the student. 💰If the employer gains value from the student's work, then they are legally required to pay for the internship. 💸 For federally-regulated employers, the law is clear on its stipulations with no exclusions or exceptions made for students or trainees, and they are required to pay the intern at least minimum wage.

Look at what came in the mail last week!  ♿ 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗖-𝟴𝟭, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄, 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆! 🆒 You know it's real when HR professionals start receiving legal updates in their latest copy of HR Reporter! 🏢 This means that every public building will be legally mandated to be accessible! 🏬 So, your workplaces will have be accessible, and so will the mall 🛍️, the corner drug store 💊, and your usual inaccessible grocery store 🍲 — all of it! 🚗 You won't have to sit and wait in the car as someone else does your grocery shopping for you 🛒 💳 You won't have to give someone else your bank card info just so you can buy what you need!  🎉 Revel in this win! 🙌 #HR #Accessibility #EqualOpportunity #Win #Business