Course Overview

Someone you’ve just hired decides quickly whether they made the right choice. In a small business with no HR team, onboarding often means a quick tour, a pile of forms and “shadow someone for a while”. Important steps get missed: the safety orientation, the tax forms, the check-ins and the probation review that should happen before probation runs out.

In this course, you’ll plan onboarding from the day a candidate says yes to the end of their first 90 days. You’ll follow a fictional 12-person Ontario landscaping company, Fallowmere Landscaping, as it onboards its latest crew member, and you’ll build your own plan alongside it, one short lesson and one fillable Word worksheet at a time. The course covers every province and territory except Quebec, plus federally regulated employers, and shows you where the rules differ. No HR team or experience needed.

What You’ll Accomplish

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Map an employee’s first 90 days on one page, with an owner for every step
• Put the offer and any probation period in writing before day one
• Run a first day that starts with a welcome and a health and safety orientation
• Collect tax forms and the SIN on time and keep employee records private
• Use short, documented check-ins at week 1 and days 30, 60 and 90
• Review probation fairly and confirm the employee, or end the employment properly

Course Details

• Time: About 75 minutes, at your own pace
• Level: Beginner (no HR experience needed)
• Format: 6 short lessons, each with a real-world scenario, Legal notes, a 3-question Quick Check, a hands-on activity and a fillable Word worksheet
• Where it applies: Every province and territory except Quebec, plus federally regulated employers. Rules differ by jurisdiction, and the lessons show you where to check yours
• You’ll need: An upcoming hire, or a recent one, to plan for
• Access: Sign in with the account you used at checkout to open the course

What you’ll walk away with

• A complete 90-day onboarding plan for your next hire, built in fillable Word worksheets
• A 6-worksheet workbook you can reuse for every hire after this one
• A day-one safety orientation checklist and a paperwork tracker for tax forms, SIN, payroll and records
• A check-in guide and a probation review form so decisions are made on time and in writing
• A one-page First 90 Days cheat sheet and a finished example plan from Fallowmere Landscaping

General information, not legal advice. Employment rules differ by province and territory and change over time; check the current rules where you operate.