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Learn how you can build a strong foundation in employment practices, including how to reduce organizational risk, create sustainable hiring processes, and better understand your responsibilities as an employer.

Reduce Organizational Risk

Understand different types of worker classification and understand your obligations under employment standards legislation.

Build Sustainable Practices

Learn how you can develop and create people-centred workplace policies, while managing probation, termination, and employee relations appropriately.

Plan for the Future

Understand true cost of employment and budgets needed and how to create effective employment agreement.

About the course

This course is designed to help nonprofit leaders build a strong foundation in employment practices. You'll learn how to reduce organizational risk, create sustainable hiring processes, and better understand your responsibilities as an employer. By the end of this course, you will be able to: ◇ Understand different types of worker classifications ◇ Develop effective employment agreements ◇ Budget for the true cost of employment ◇ Understand your obligations under employment standards legislation ◇ Create workplace policies and codes of conduct ◇ Manage probation, termination, and employee relations appropriately

About the Expert

Kathryn Nyland, SHRM-SCPSenior HR Consultant · Acument HR · Calgary. Kathryn is a seasoned HR expert with 20+ years of experience.She specializes in helping non-profit and small business leaders successfully transition from feeling "people-overwhelm" to operating with "people-confidence." Her grounded, actionable approach will leave you feeling equipped to support your growing team. __________________________________________________________________________ The Grassroots Accelerator Program (GAP) partners with trusted subject matter experts (SMEs) and consultants to co-create courses, resources, and learning opportunities that address the evolving needs of grassroots organizations and nonprofits. Through this collaborative model, we strengthen sector capacity and foster a sustainable ecosystem of Grassroots Organizations, Non-Profits, community members and values-aligned organizations and groups across the Prairies and Northern Territories (PNT).

Strengthen your organization's capacity as an employer. Join this free course to gain practical knowledge, reduce risk, and build sustainable employment practices.

Ready to get started? Enroll in this free course to build practical knowledge and tools that will help your organization create strong, sustainable employment practices.