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CANADIAN HR REPORTER September 19, 2016 34 INSIGHT COMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND LAND WHYCOCOMAGH, N.S. — In the 1700s and 1800s, the British lured immigrants to Canada with the promise of free land. Fast-forward to 2016, and a roadside general store in Nova Scotia is taking a page from the same book — promising two acres of land to anyone who wants to live the rural Cape Breton dream. e Farmer's Daughter Country Market has been struggling to fi nd staff , but it has plenty of land — the family owns 100 acres. e unique job off er would see the deed being transferred (costing the employee about $2,000) if the person stays for fi ve years. e response has been overwhelming — more than 1,000 calls and messages have come in from across the country. One caller called it "incredibly tempting to leave this rat race of a city I have been living in." e store is looking to hire three people, off ering wages of about $11 to $13 per hour. HELP WANTED, ASSASSINS NEED NOT APPLY WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — At- tempting to assassinate a U.S. president doesn't exactly look great on a resumé. at's some- thing John Hinckley Jr. is fi nding out. e 61-year-old, who shot the late president Ronald Reagan in 1980, is now free from prison but having trouble meeting one of the conditions of his release: Find- ing work, either paid or as a vol- unteer. "When it gets to a certain level and my name gets brought up, my reputation gets in the way, and I hit another roadblock," he complained to a therapist, accord- ing to CNN. Hinckley has report- edly sought work at a college law library, a grocery store and with Colonial Williamsburg. He was even rejected by a fast food out- let, but that was OK — "I'm too old and decrepit to stand on my feet for eight hours with 20-year- old kids," he said. At the moment, he's assembling birdhouses for a local church and they are trying to teach him how to use the Inter- net so he can sell donated books online. PARENTAL ADVISORY, EXPLICIT CONTENT CHICAGO — A DJ who displayed extremely poor taste in song se- lection at a Chicago Cubs game has spun himself right onto the unemployment line, according to the Bleacher Report. e un- named disc jockey blared a song called "Smack My Bitch" through- out the stadium as pitcher Aroldis Chapman walked off the mound. Chapman was suspended by Ma- jor League Baseball for 30 games earlier this year for domestic vio- lence — he choked his girlfriend and fi red eight gunshots into his garage. In a statement, the Cubs apologized for the "irresponsible" music choice. "We have termi- nated our relationship with the employee responsible… and will be implementing stronger con- trols to review and approve music before public broadcast during our games." PUTTING THE COKE BACK IN COCA-COLA PARIS — Workers opening a de- livery of fruit juice at a Coca-Cola plant in southern France got a little more than they bargained for: 815 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $56 million. "You can well imagine the surprise," said a spokesman for Coca-Cola, adding that the work- ers alerted police and were ruled out as potential suspects. The juice originated from Costa Rica, according to Reuters. W EIRD ORKPLACE THE Vol. 29 No. 15 – September 19, 2016 PUBLISHED BY Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. One Corporate Plaza 2075 Kennedy Rd. Toronto, ON M1T 3V4 ©Copyright 2015 by Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. All rights reserved. CANADIAN HR REPORTER is published 21 times a year. 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Address changes and returns: Send changes and undeliverable Canadian addresses to: SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Canadian HR Reporter One Corporate Plaza 2075 Kennedy Rd. Toronto, ON M1T 3V4 CUSTOMER SERVICE Call: (416) 609-3800 (Toronto) (800) 387-5164 (outside Toronto) Fax: (416) 298-5082 (Toronto) (877) 750-9041 (outside Toronto) Email: carswell.customerrelations@ thomsonreuters.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR todd.humber@thomsonreuters.com CHRR reserves the right to edit for length and clarity. Todd Humber EDiTOR'S NOTeS We've found the best in HR – and we're still looking for 2017 T his issue is one of my fa- vourites of the year. It's where we get to celebrate the best human resources prac- tices in the country as we unveil the winners of the National HR Awards — and for 2016, we've got some great stories to tell. Too many professional awards are all about the glitz and glamour. When we launched these awards, we wanted to put the focus on the winning practices themselves and telling the stories in an in-depth and compelling way that no other HR publication has done. It's part of our mandate as the news source of record for the pro- fession: To deliver information to our national audience, inform them of best practices and help them elevate their profession, their careers and their organizations. at's what you'll fi nd in these pages. In-depth case studies of some of the most innovative and interesting HR programs in Can- ada. From the challenges posed by the Alberta wildfires to an employment lawyer who fought a critical case all the way to the Su- preme Court of Canada. If I can name-drop for a min- ute, we had the privilege to talk to top professionals at Hyundai, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Business Development Bank of Canada, PotashCorp and the Canadian Automobile Asso- ciation (CAA). In all, we handed out hardware in 12 categories — including two new awards for HR Professional of the Year and Best Teambuild- ing Program. We had a record number of nominations this year, which makes the fact Fidelity Invest- ments Canada won an astound- ing three categories extraordi- nary. Fidelity might want to bottle the water the HR department is drinking and sell it to profession- als across the country — clearly, it has a phenomenal workplace with some innovative programs. A well-deserved kudos to the HR folks, because the judges loved your programs. is year, once again, we had winners from small and large organizations spanning both the public and private sectors in a wide range of industries across the country. If you didn't get a chance to put together an entry for 2016, please take some time to look at the 2017 competition when it 's announced early next year. Videos of the winners We've also produced a slick series of videos featuring the winning companies. Simply go to www. nationalhrawards.com where you can see the stories come to life in the 12 short videos. Plus a new competition We were so impressed by the cali- bre of the individual nominations for the HR Professional of the Year — won very deservingly by Naomi Titleman of American Express — we decided to launch a new com- petition designed to honour indi- vidual HR professionals. We're excited to unveil the in- augural Canadian HR Reporter Top 25 HR Professionals in Cana- da list, and I encourage you to ap- ply — you can nominate yourself or you can nominate a deserving colleague. We're not necessarily look- ing for the professionals with the longest resumés or the ones who head the largest departments in the nation. Instead, we're looking for the most interesting and inno- vative stories. Have they contributed some- thing extraordinary to the profes- sion? Did they complete a fantas- tic project? Did they brainstorm an innovative new idea that has proven results? For more information, see the full-page ad on page 28 of this is- sue. Nominations open on Sept. 19 and close on Oct. 3. e edi- torial team at Canadian HR Re- porter will then whittle down the list and name the best of the best in human resources. So don't be shy. We all know HR professionals are reluctant to step into the limelight, but we all know women and men who are doing phenomenal work that deserves to be recognized. Submit your application today and get the rec- ognition you deserve. See www.hrreporter.com/ top25 for more information and to submit your nominations. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me any- time at todd.humber@thomson- reuters.com. LARGE PIZZA, CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF AUCKLAND — Cross one more job off the list. Domino's Pizza in New Zealand is aiming to become the fi rst company in the world to off er a com- mercial drone delivery service — the fi rst nail in the cof- fi n for the job of delivery driver. e chain conducted a demonstration pizza delivery by drone in Auckland last month and hopes to launch a regular drone service later this year. "We've always said it doesn't make sense to have a 2-ton machine delivering a 2-kilogram order," said Don Meij, CEO of Domino's. With clear skies and a small population, New Zealand is one of the world's fi rst countries to clear commercial drone deliveries. In the United States, 7-Eleven also conducted a drone delivery — with the airborne robot serving up coff ee, donuts and a chicken sandwich as part of a trial. Credit: koya979 (Shutterstock) ing for the professionals with the longest resumés or the ones who time at todd.humber@thomson- reuters.com. Cross one more job off the list. Domino's Pizza in New Zealand is aiming to become the fi rst company in the world to off er a com- mercial drone delivery service — the fi rst nail in the cof- fi n for the job of delivery driver. e chain conducted a demonstration pizza delivery by drone in Auckland last month and hopes to launch a regular drone service later this year. "We've always said it doesn't make sense to have a 2-ton machine delivering a 2-kilogram order," said Don Meij, CEO of Domino's. With clear skies and a small population, New Zealand is one of the world's fi rst countries to clear commercial drone deliveries. In the United States, 7-Eleven also conducted a drone delivery — with the airborne robot serving up coff ee, donuts and a chicken sandwich as part of a trial. Credit: koya979 (Shutterstock) Nominations are now open for the Top 25 HR Professionals in Canada.

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