Angela Scappatura provides highlights from the Nov. 16 2009, issue of Canadian HR Reporter plus a look at this week’s top stories for employers and human resource professionals. For more information, visit www.hrreporter.com.

Sarah Dobson, Canadian HR Reporter’s features editor, provides a sneak peek at stories we’re working on for the Jan. 25, 2010, issue of Canadian HR Reporter. Highlights include an update on salary increase forecasts for 2010, the stereotypes people with intellectual disabilities face in finding employment and whether employers should close the office down when a massive winter storm strikes. In this week’s news, we take a look at the impact H1N1 and seasonal flu had on the workplace, and we reveal what province led the country in employment growth in 2009.

Peter Jensen, a renowned coach who has worked with Olympic athletes and author of Igniting the Third Factor, spoke in Toronto at a recent Strategic Capability Network event. He sat down with Shannon Klie, Canadian HR Reporter’s news editor, to talk about some of the biggest mistakes managers make in coaching employees, what managers can learn from top athletic coaches and more. For more details on the event, and thoughts from senior HR thought leaders on the topic, see the Jan. 25, 2010, issue of Canadian HR Reporter.

Shannon Klie, Canadian HR Reporter’s news editor, sat down with Dion Love, research director with the Corporate Leadership Council, to talk about how employers can improve employee engagement in an economic downturn. Love spoke recently at Strategic Capability Network event in Toronto.