Fire Away

Fire Away - Diversity and Inclusion in Today's Workplaces

Stuart is joined by Michael Bach, Founder and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, David Lahey, Founder of Predictive Success Corporation, and Veronica Utton, Facilitator/Talent Optimizer with Predictive Success Corporation and Managing Director of V. Utton & Associates.

We’re going to be having a discussion about diversity and inclusion in the workplace, what that means in today’s sometimes virtual workplaces and around the holidays, and what employers can, or should, actually be doing.

Original air date: December 15th, 2020.

Fire Away - Career Development and Employment Law Perspectives in the World of Work

Stuart is joined by Lisa Taylor. Lisa is President of the Challenge Factory, she is a speaker, researcher, and consultant on today’s changing world of work. She is also an author, having written The Talent Revolution: Longevity and the Future of Work and the Retain and Gain series of career management playbooks for small businesses and non-profits and charities.

Original air date: November 17th, 2020.

Fire Away - COVID-19 and Government Support for Businesses

Guest host Brittany Taylor of Rudner Law is joined by Isabella Bertani, Founder and Chief Client Strategist of Bertani, and Ryan Mallough, Director of Provincial Affairs, Ontario at Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Brittany, Isabella, and Ryan, will be discussing COVID-19 and the government supports that have been/are available to support businesses through this unprecedented time.

Original air date: October 20th, 2020

Post-Termination Entitlements to Compensation or Bonuses

Stuart Rudner gives a video update on a case he reported on almost exactly two years ago - Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada has now weighed in on the issue of when employees will be entitled to things like bonuses or other variable compensation post termination.

Fire Away - How are Businesses Handling The "New Normal"?

Stuart is joined by Brian Shifman, President and CEO of Vaughan Chamber of Commerce to discuss how businesses and operating and managing their reopening during COVID-19, and what challenges they are dealing with.

Original air date: September 15th, 2020

Fire Away - Refusing to Accept The Unacceptable: Workplace Bullying and Harassment

Stuart is joined by Denise Koster, Founder and Principal of Koster Consulting and Associates, to discuss workplace bullying and harassment, and her newly published book, "Refusing to Accept the Unacceptable: The Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs of Workplace Bullying and Harassment".

Original air date: August 18th, 2020

Fire Away - The "New Normal" and Workplace Changes

Stuart is joined by Bridget Carter, Principal/Founder of Sapphire Consulting, and Cindy Zarnett, Founder of squaredots, to talk about the potential permanent changes we may see in workplaces as a result of COVID-19. 

Original air date: July 21st 2020

Fire Away - COVID-19 and Getting Back to Business

Stuart is joined by Jodi Zigelstein-Yip (Chief HR Innovator and Founder at Enliven HR Consulting Inc.) and Dr. Shammick Kotecha (Dentist and Founder of Kotecha GPS Club) to talk about getting back to work safely as the phases of re-opening during COVID-19 continue to develop.

Original air date: June 16th 2020

Fire Away - COVID-19 and Your Return-to-work Plans

Stuart, along with Carola Mittag of Workplace Safety Group and Deborah Nixon of Mandrake, talk about what it will look like as people return to work during the COVID-19 crisis.

Fire Away - HR Operations and the COVID-19 Crisis

Stuart, along with Simon Parkin and Liane Taylor of The Talent Company Inc., talk about how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting day to day HR operations: hiring, layoffs, productivity, onboarding, staff engagement, in addition to other issues that have come to light in this unprecedented time.