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▪ Recruiting Internationally: With unemployment at its lowest level in 30 years, Canada is rapidly running out of workers. In Alberta with the massive work underway on the oil sands and in British Columbia, which is gearing up for the 2010 Olympics where unemployment is half the national rate, there is a huge backlog of construction projects. This whitepaper looks at some of the issues involved with bringing employees to Canada, how companies are handling the process and some of the best practices used to minimize the risk and the expense.

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The Group Moves White Paper: The relocation of a significant number of employees as a group, on a planned or scheduled basis - are considerably more complex, challenging and riskier than any other type of relocation. To minimize the risks and ensure a successful transition, a group move must be carefully planned and tightly monitored and controlled. Based on more than 40 years experience managing group moves, RLRS has identified best policies; procedures and practices that are common to all successful group move projects.

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The Stress Report: More than one out of every two Canadians experiences some degree of stress when moving. This report reviews the correlation between stress and moving for all members of a family - adults, children and even pets, including a provincial and gender breakdown across 33 markets.
▪ 2005 Corporate Housing Industry Report: The growing number of Canadian employees who relocate for short-term assignments ranging from one month to a year has become nearly a quarter billion dollar business, according to an annual study of the corporate housing market commissioned by Royal LePage Relocation Services.
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Emerging Trends in Employee Mobility: A 2004 Policy and Best Practices Report. The report, involving more than a hundred companies, takes an in-depth look at relocation activity, the policies that companies provide, the benefits that employees get, and the impact of new trends.