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Human Resources Committee

Mandate

To influence business development and prosperity, the Committee monitors and proposes changes to legislation, regulations and systems relating to labour and productivity. Committee specialists bring insight, early issue identification and education to Chamber members on workforce issues.

2010 - 2011 Committee Focus Areas

Workforce development – Preparing for the next employment surge

Enhance productivity
Improve labour mobility
Fully engage underutilized sources of talent

Monitor legislation affecting employment

Taxation, training policies, employment standards, EI policy, human rights, Occupational Health and Safety, privacy legislation, labour relations (collective bargaining)

Use of technology in human resources

Global market watch

Monitor human resources best practices

2010-2011 Committee Speakers

Date	Speaker
May 2011	John Carlson Associate VP Academic, SAIT Topic: Education and Skills training in the workplace
April 2011	Monica Rovers Business Development Manager, International, Calgary Economic Development Topic: Global Competitveness and Calgary
March 2011	Todd Hirsch Senior Economist, ATB Financial Topic: Alberta Competitiveness Report
Feb 2010	Duane Pyear Executive Director, Economic Development Policy and Analysis, Alberta Finance and Enterprise Topic: Alberta Competitiveness Report
Jan 2010	Linda Sasaki Portfolio Officer, Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner Alberta Topic: Privacy Compliance Implementation in HR Departments
Nov 2010	Doug Lacombe President, communicatto Topic: Social Media in HR
Oct 2010	Lori Schmidt Senior Director, Productivity Alberta Topic: Productivity Alberta - Skill Development and Workplace Productivity

Past Work	December 16, 2010 Human Resources Committee helps prepare for the next employment surge
	2010-11 Annual Report 2009-10 Annual Report 2008-09 Annual Report

Chair	Gord Hanna Consultant Western Management Consultants
Vice-Chair	Lorraine Wiercinski Vice President- Client Services Right Management

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