It’s hard to imagine that there’s a condo manager anywhere in Ontario who would describe their job as easy. The breadth and depth of knowledge required to do the job well are astounding.

A building service contractor and property management discussion on the present and the future was a cornerstone of the 2022 ISSA Show Canada program.

Inflation, in combination with tight labour markets, is compounding the rising wages in the frontline service workforce.

Two leading property managers share their tips for recruiting, hiring, and retaining talented employees in a tough post-COVID job market.

Coming out of an extended period of low inflation, many condo boards will confront reserve fund shortfalls as the consumer price index now pushes up toward 7 per cent.

Although the new rules fall short of “requiring most workplaces have a right to disconnect policy," they do serve as an important reminder to employers and condo corporations on certain issues.

On a Friday morning, in HSBC Bank’s new corporate office at 16 York in downtown Toronto, sit-stand desks and meeting rooms are dotted with workers who’ve returned from pandemic lockdowns.

How do you keep your FM team engaged and committed amidst a labour shortage when other companies are actively recruiting qualified candidates to join their workforce and leaving gaps in your FM operations?

What can facility managers or janitorial service providers do to help employees recover from COVID-related burnout?

The growing crop of condo owners across Canada will likely encounter huge annual fee increases and lump-sum payments due to low reserve fund contributions, authors of a new research report are warning.

New findings revealed that general psychological health is currently at its lowest point in the last 22 months among Canadian workers.

Contractors working in the snow and ice management industry are facing a blizzard of challenges on the insurance side, or what many are calling a crisis.

A majority of survey respondents are intent on broadening the industry's base of employees, but, for now, white men still fill the decision-making echelon to a disproportionate degree.

Organizations across Canada have increasingly turned to surveillance technologies during the pandemic as a way to monitor their employees' work behaviour.

Brightly-coloured lounge furniture, in a peachy warm palette, curves around a stone fireplace in the living room of Hootsuite’s newly transformed Vancouver headquarters that was downsized during the pandemic.

Anyone entering the condo management field needs to be willing to work on their interpersonal skills, which outweigh academic credibility.

The real estate and property management industries may face particular hurdles with respect to implementing the proposed disconnecting from work policy.