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Building employee loyalty in rural municipalities
Creative strategies for recruitment, retention, and compensation
With high turnover already affecting all types
of employment, smaller and rural municipalities experience this reality even more acutely.
These local governments must find creative ways to recruit, retain, and compensate their employees. Photo: Adobe Stock.
Published in
August 2025
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For the last 10 years, employee recruitment, retention, and compensation in the municipal sector have been challenging throughout Canada. This challenge is even greater in rural communities, where fiscal capacity is sometimes insufficient to offer generous compensation to municipal employees.
With high turnover already affecting all types of employment, smaller and rural municipalities experience this reality even more acutely. These local governments must find creative ways to recruit, retain, and compensate their employees.
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