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A Changing Nation: Legislation that Affects Retailers Across the Country
RCC: Searching for Solutions
| In an effort to address retail's labour challenges, RCC's volunteers and staff are working hard to make retail a career of choice for more young workers. RCC's efforts, including the Canadian Retail Institute's professional designation programs and its Retail as a Career scholarship program, have come a long way in professionalizing store-level occupations.
In addition to education programs, RCC has been actively involved in a variety of initiatives across Canada that seek to build the retail industry's labour capacity. In British Columbia, RCC is a member of the WorkLife B.C. Advisory Committee, a committee of the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development that aims to help employers create winning workplace strategies to recruit and retain quality employees. In Alberta, RCC spearheaded the Alberta Retail Labour Supply Task Force, a major initiative that seeks to fill the thousands of vacant jobs in the booming province. RCC also contributes to the Government of Alberta Industry/Deputy Minister's Work Force Advisory Committee, a group that champions the government's labour force development strategy. And in Ontario, RCC is a member of the Minister of Community and Social Services' Employer Roundtable on Hiring Persons with Disabilities, a group that advises the Ontario government on ways to expand employment opportunities and improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities in the province.
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"We face a continuing challenge of finding and training career-oriented employees. We value each employee and work to find them positions in the
company that they will excel at. We are constantly evaluating remuneration packages to maximize wages and benefits to meet and exceed industry averages. These endeavours help to build and retain good people."
"As a retailer, labour force issues are the No. 1 challenge. Although I think the Retail Council of Canada plays an important role in our fortunes, expecting them to help solve this problem alone is not prudent. Even though RCC is playing a leadership role, it is still up to the individual companies themselves to capture the imagination of the labour market."
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