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Workforce Management: It’s about taking care of people first By Véronique Loewen
For many businesses, the past 19 months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a true roller coaster ride. Being closed, being opened, rethinking processes, managing uncertain staff complements and adapting to new safety rules, it has all been in a day’s work for so many business owners. Recently their focus and worry about how to keep the doors open and bills paid has shifted to getting employees back to work and new ones hired. As the four businesses featured here demonstrate, although workforce management can be quite different depending on the industry, the pandemic impact and the stage of the business, the common thread is that relationships and company culture go a long way to retaining and hiring dedicated employees.
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