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Rob Dombowsky

AMTA Industry Advisor, Human Resources & Labour

On June 3, 2022, the provincial government opened the third intake of the Alberta Jobs Now Program (AJNP). The intent of this program is to support Albertans, including those with disabilities, to gain the right skills to find and maintain employment through on the job or formal training. This is accomplished by providing a subsidy to employers for 25% of a new hires annual salary up to $25,000, whichever is less. This increases to 37.5% or $37,500 when hiring people with disabilities. [1]

Dave Elniski

AMTA Industry Advisor, Safety & Compliance

Whether federally [1] or provincially [2] regulated, trucking companies need to address psychosocial hazards in their occupational health and safety programs. In a recent survey, AMTA found confidence around addressing psychological and psychosocial safety to be limited, especially amongst small carriers [3].

Rob Dombowsky, MBA, CPHR

AMTA Industry Advisory, Human Resources & Labour

An intrinsic part of coaching and developing employees is providing effective feedback. The key word being “effective”. Effective feedback requires that a person has a goal, takes action to achieve the goal, and receives goal-related information about his or her actions. Information becomes feedback if, and only if, we are trying to cause change and the information tells the recipient whether I am on track or need to change direction.[i]

Safety in road transportation has evolved with technology, infrastructure, and societal expectations. Road planners have the challenging task of building highways today that account for future use given the resources, standards, and predictions available to them. While driver training and vehicle system improvements save lives, it is my opinion that infrastructure makes the biggest difference when it comes to increasing safety for motorists.

Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) President Chris Nash announced an ambitious two-year Hydrogen Vehicle Demonstration April 26 at the sold out Canadian Hydrogen Convention (CHC) Hydrogen Hub stage.

With an anticipated 4,000 attendees from around the world CHC serves to show the critical role Canada is playing in the development of a global hydrogen economy.