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Overview
HR policies help businesses find, train and retain the right staff. AgSafe's HR Consultants equip agriculture employers with the knowledge to create the right HR policies for their businesses.
Our consultants can assist you through the full HR cycle —from recruiting and onboarding to managing employees on the job and handling employee departures.
HR Toolkit[Coming Soon]
Our HR Program will be rolling out throughout 2025. Check back often as we will be adding resources as they become available.
Employment Lifecycle
Recruit
Recruit with confidence. Take the next steps with writing job descriptions and job postings, sourcing candidates, interviewing and making job offers.
In this section:
- Attraction and recruitment strategies
- Diverse labour pools (e.g. students and youth, immigrants and foreign workers, first nations, persons with disabilities)
- Student co-ops, internships and practicums
- Interviewing skills
- Candidate evaluation and selection (e.g. reference checks, background checks)
- Employee-related grants and wage subsidies
- Templates and Samples – Job descriptions, job postings, interview questions, employment agreements and more
In this section:
- Pre-onboarding (before a new employee’s first day)
- New hire orientations
- Onboarding practices (in-person and virtual)
- HR policies
- Probationary periods
- Employee communication
- Templates and Samples – New hire orientation tip sheets, Orientation checklists, Employee handbook and more
Onboarding New Hires
Ensure a successful start. Find information on conducting a well-planned orientation program to properly onboard your new employees.
Retention & Engagement
Support employees to be successful and build a positive and psychologically healthy and safe workplace culture. Manage performance and apply sound HR practices that comply with applicable provincial and federal employment legislation.
In this section:
- Compensation and benefits
- Performance management
- Rewards and recognition
- Provincial and Federal employment legislation
- Legal insights
- Sick Time and Leaves of Absences
- Templates and Samples – Performance management documentation, employee reviews and more
In this section:
- Progressive discipline
- Voluntary terminations (resignation)
- Involuntary terminations
- Just cause
- Layoffs, furloughs and recalls
- Exit interviews
- Legal insights
- Templates and Samples – Termination checklist, Exit interviews
Departures
Determine the steps you need to take during a departure, whether an employee is leaving you by choice or by termination.
We’re here to help!
In addition to all of the tools, templates and other printable resources available on our website, AgSafe offers an employer advisory service. Each region has an HR consultant who specializes in the unique HR needs of their region.
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Funding
This Human Resources (HR) Project was funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia through the Agriculture Workforce Development Initiative. The initiative is delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC.
Disclaimer
The Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia and the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC are pleased to participate in the production of this project. We are committed to working with our industry partners to address issues of importance to the agriculture and agri-food industry in British Columbia. Opinions expressed in this [website, documentation, etc.] are those of AgSafe BC and not necessarily those of the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, and the Investment Agriculture Foundation.