VANCOUVER – What happens when the force of a global pandemic collides with a country going over a demographic cliff? Wages go up. Even as construction employers face a very uncertain future for the provincial economy, a shortage of skilled workers continues to be the...
ICBA NEWS RELEASE: ICBA 2021 Construction Wages Up, While Work Plateaus
VANCOUVER – What happens when the force of a global pandemic collides with a country going over a demographic cliff? Wages go up. Even as construction employers face a very uncertain future for the provincial economy, a shortage of skilled workers continues to be the...
MEDIA ADVISORY: ICBA to Release 2021 Wage & Benefits Survey Wednesday (TOMORROW)
VANCOUVER – The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) will release the results of its 2021 Wage and Benefits Survey tomorrow (Wednesday) morning in Vancouver. ICBA President Chris Gardner will present the results of ICBA’s annual survey of hundreds...
#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: Wrapping Up 2020
Our Jordan Bateman and The Orca's Maclean Kay close out 2020 with a discussion on Rob Shaw joining the Orca's Resident Pod; Maclean's year-end sitdowns with John Horgan, Shirley Bond and Sonia Furstenau; nice stories about those three, Mary Polak, Dan Ashton, and...
SAFETY MERITS WINNER: Congratulations Randy Sieben of Corrcoat Services Inc.
The winner of ICBA's Safety Merits Award is IN! Congratulations to Randy Sieben of Corrcoat Services Inc. on winning the $1,500 cash prize. Randy was drawn from the names of hundreds of ICBA members' workers, all of whom had worked safely all year. Corrcoat sent us...
TRAINING THURSDAY: A Record Year for ICBA Training
Special guest Santa Claus joined Kerry to talk about ICBA's record year in training. Check out icba.ca/courses for our 2021 offerings!
HOWESTREET RADIO: Small Business Naughty and Nice List
Our Jordan Bateman shared a small business "naughty and nice list" with Jim Goddard of HoweStreet.com. https://youtu.be/lI2bUwQul8g
#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: Clawbacks and COVID Christmases
Maclean and Jordan sift through the big BC political news, including the Victoria byelection, the NDP's weird clawback of benefits for people on disability, COVID rules for Christmas, carbon tax, and Vaughn Palmer's piece on Andrew Wilkinson....
TRAINING THURSDAY: Drugs & Alcohol in the Workplace – Employer Rights & Obligations
The 2020 run of ICBA Training's HR Series wraps up Dec. 18 with a 2-hour live webinar, Drugs & Alcohol in the Workplace - Employer Rights & Obligations.