LeaderCon 08 – Engaging the Next Generation

On April 23 close to 200 students, school officials and business mentors gathered at Canad Inns Polo Park for LeaderCon 08 “Engaging the Next Generation”.

The full-day event was highly successful and is considered the first step as The Chamber increases its involvement with Manitoba high school students. To view some of the media coverage of LeaderCon 08, please click here.

Chamber Encourages Members to Speak Up On Workers Compensation Coverage

Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Dave Angus is concerned that the provincial government seems intent on forcing Manitoba companies into paying workers compensation coverage.

In a letter to the business community Tom Farrell, Chair of the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba states that the “Manitoba Government now intends to significantly increase workers compensation coverage.”

The Chamber is urging businesses that may be affected by the extension of coverage to provide written comments to the Workers Compensation Board by May 1, 2008.

Chamber U

The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce will officially launch Chamber U in the fall of 2008, but we are pleased to offer this pilot series which addresses the number one issue facing Winnipeg business: recruitment and retention.

Register now to join this “Learning Group” of companies to get the strategies, ideas, and tools you need to become an employer of choice. For more information, please click here.

To register, click here.