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February 2016 Local Employment Planning Council (LEPC) Pilot Project Launched in Ottawa It’s Your Time to Shine! Forty Under 40 Emerging Stronger 2016 Congratulations to the 2016 Employees’ Choice Award Winners Protect Your Business. Protect Your People. Congratulations to Our Chamber Members Introducing 20 New Members Upcoming Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Events (Click here to Connect!) C NNECT! The Official Newsletter of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
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Local Employment Planning Council (LEPC)Pilot Project Launched in Ottawa
It’s Your Time to Shine! Forty Under 40
Emerging Stronger 2016
Congratulations to the 2016 Employees’Choice Award Winners
Protect Your Business. Protect Your People.
Congratulations to Our Chamber Members
Introducing 20 New Members
Upcoming Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Events (Click here to Connect!)
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Nominations are now open for the 2016 Forty Under 40 Awards, one of the most sought-after and distinguished business awards in the National Capital Region. If you are under the age of 40 and believe that you exemplify business achievement,professional expertise and community giving, we would love to receive your nomination!
Nominate your colleague. Nominate a client. Nominate your spouse.Nominate yourself! There is no disadvantage to self-nomination;nominees are encouraged to participate.
Hurry! Online nominations close on March 31, 2016. Connect! here to nominate.
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce, inpartnership with the Ottawa Chamber ofCommerce, released the fifth and finalinstallment of the economic agenda forOntario: Emerging Stronger 2016.
A key component of the report is theBusiness Confidence Index, which illustrateshow business confidence has changedcompared to last year. Don’t forget to checkout the Ontario Economic Update for 2016.
Connect! here to download the Emerging Stronger 2016 Report.
Emerging Stronger
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Local Employment PlanningCouncil (LEPC) Pilot ProjectLaunched in Ottawa
Are You a Business Achiever in Ottawa Under the Age of 40? We Are Looking for You!
It’s Your Time to Shine!
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Congratulations to the 2016Employees’ Choice Award Winners The Employees’ Choice Awards (ECA) program honours businessesand organizations within Canada’s National Capital Region that haveearned a reputation for treating their employees as their greatest asset.Being recognized with an Employees’ Choice Award is a great way fororganizations to promote to existing employees and future talent howfocused they are on offering a great place to work.
Congratulations to the winners:
A Hundred AnswersDecisive Technologies Inc.Grade AMartello Technologies MNP LLPPleora Technologies Inc.ProntoFormsRealDecoy Sciemetric InstrumentsYou.i TV
Come celebrate the city’s top employers! Join us for cocktails, horsd’oeuvres and networking at the HRPA’s “Wine about Winter.”
Thursday, February 25, 5:30pm onwards at Marshes Golf Club, 320 Terry Fox Drive, K2K 3L1.
Connect! here to register for the event.
The Ontario Government has launched a LocalEmployment Planning Council (LEPC) inOttawa to generate and analyze local labourmarket information, build partnerships, andpromote place-based approaches to workforcedevelopment—with the aim of improving theplanning and delivery of employment andtraining programs and services in ourcommunity.
The LEPC is being piloted in eight communitiesin Ontario, overseen by the Ministry of Training,Colleges and Universities and funded byEmployment Ontario. LEPC (Ottawa) will be ledby Algonquin College in partnership with theOttawa Chamber of Commerce, the OttawaCommunity Coalition for Literacy, and theEmployment Ontario Ottawa Network.
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Who am I hiring? Are my company’s proprietary information,finances and assets in good hands? How well are mybusiness and my people protected against theft or fraud?Consider the following:
• Canadian retailers lose about $4 billion a year to theft,accounting errors and damaged products.
• CBC News reported that fraud in the workplace costCanadian businesses over $3.2 billion.
• According to the Certified General AccountantsAssociation of Canada, 26% of firms with fewer than 500employees have been cheated by an employee.
• Nearly one-fifth of all incidents of violent victimization,including physical assault, sexual assault and robbery,occurred in the victim’s workplace.
• While 60% of retailers performed pre-employmentscreenings before hiring new employees, only 29%screened for a criminal background.
When you simply can’t afford the risk of taking a jobcandidate’s word as assurance of their good character andqualifications, including a criminal background check as partof the hiring process is a wise investment. The traditionaloption is through name and date of birth verification (CPICcheck). As a business, it’s as easy as setting up an accountthrough an accredited agency and directing job candidatesto apply online. The electronic application process (eCPIC) is
private, efficient and takes minutes. Results about theapplicant will be emailed to you in as little as 72 hours if no criminal record is present.
For even greater workplace protection, more and morebusinesses are choosing certified criminal backgroundchecks with fingerprints. The first reason: fingerprints areconsidered the most accurate method for verifying aperson’s true identity. The second reason: the RCMPannounced it plans to phase out CPICs in the coming years,at which point the only acceptable standard for civilapplications will be certified criminal record checks withfingerprints.
Criminal record checks are a powerful ally in crimeprevention, alerting you to individuals who might pose athreat to you personally or professionally. Just as importantly,you’ll know which applicants are exactly who they say theyare and whether they possess the law-abiding integrity and qualifications you need to optimize and diversify yourtalent pool.
Paul Guindon is the CEO of CommissionairesOttawa, an award-winning private securitycompany whose services include pre-employment screening, criminal backgroundchecks and digital fingerprinting.
ProtectYour Business.
ProtectYour People.
REFERENCES
The Globe and Mail (2012). Theft by workers on increase: study. M. Strauss. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1KpwbUg. CBC News (2011). Workplace fraud cost $3.2B last year. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/20YXMD5. Financial Post (2011). Canadian small businesses lost $3.2-billion to workplace fraud last year, study finds. J. Berkow. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1WrkA7O.Financial Post (2012). Workers steal 33% of all goods that go missing at retailers: survey. H. Shaw. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1R7PIHZ.Statistics Canada. (2007). Study: Criminal Victimization in the Workplace. Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/20YXk7R.
A warm welcome to all our newmembers.
We look forward to getting to knowyou better at various OttawaChamber of Commerce events.
Introducing 20 New Members
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Be a Chamber Ambassador! We are seeking Chamber members to be Ambassadors for the Ottawa Chamber ofCommerce within the business community and at our events. As an ambassador, you willnot only help new members navigate the Chamber system, but you will also get to makefantastic contacts. If you have been a member for more than one year, please contact:Alexandra Walsh – [email protected] or 613-236-3631, ext. 127.
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NOT YET A MEMBER? The Ottawa Chamber of Commercewill connect you to opportunities thatgrow your business, raise your profile,introduce you to new contacts,contribute to your professionaldevelopment, save you money, andadvocate for the best interests ofOttawa’s business community. To learn more about the benefits of amembership, we invite you to Connect!with Alexandra Walsh by phone at 613-236-3631, ext. 127, or by e-mail [email protected].
ProCorp Financial WipebookSJ Corp Investments Inc.Pinnacle Marketing Management Inc.Byexpress logisticsAllea SolutionsOTUS GroupProveras Commercial RealtyKeynote GroupSurplus WarehouseModern Reno SolutionsI/O Advisory ServicesNadia Chaney Training
and FacilitationDenzil FEINBERG CFP R.F.P.Greenco Renovations Inc.The Achievement Centre -
Ottawa/MontrealInformation and Communications
Technology CouncilHalcyon Consulting GroupGlobal Forest Watch Canada
SocietyKRP Properties
Congrats to Chamber Members Who Have BeenRecognized as Ottawa’s Top Employers! The National Capital Region’s Top Employers is an annual competition organized bythe editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. This special designation recognizesemployers in National Capital Region who are respected for leading their industriesand offering exceptional places to work.
Employers are evaluated by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers using thesame eight criteria as the national competition: (1) Physical Workplace; (2) WorkAtmosphere & Social; (3) Health, Financial & Family Benefits; (4) Vacation & TimeOff; (5) Employee Communications; (6) Performance Management; (7) Training &Skills Development; and (8) Community Involvement. Employers are compared toother organizations in their field to determine which offer the most progressive andforward-thinking programs. Here are Chamber members who won:
Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology•
City of Ottawa•
Hydro Ottawa•
La Cité collégiale•
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority•
Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP / s.r.l.•
The Conference Board of Canada•
University of Ottawa •
