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Workplace wellness incomplete without financial fitness

Workplace wellness incomplete without financial fitness

When it comes to workplace wellness, health and wealth must go hand in hand, according to a speaker at the recent Mental Health Summit in…

Why employers stand to gain by helping their employees sleep

Why employers stand to gain by helping their employees sleep

Between trouble sleeping, chronic insomnia and sleep apnea, three-quarters of Canadians sleep less than the recommended seven hours a night. “These sleep-deprived people show up…

Early detection, treatment key to addressing mental disorders

Early detection, treatment key to addressing mental disorders

With mental illness the leading cause of disability in Canada, early detection and treatment offer the best and perhaps only chance of a full recovery.…

The role of technology in improving access to timely care

The role of technology in improving access to timely care

Despite growing empathy and awareness around mental illness, Canadians coping with mental-health disorders continue to struggle with frequent misdiagnoses, ineffective treatment plans and a lack…

A call for urgency in treating mental disorders

A call for urgency in treating mental disorders

Clinical depression is much more than a persistent feeling of sadness. It’s a debilitating disease that keeps half a million Canadians away from work in…

Why first responders need a paradigm shift around mental-health disorders

Why first responders need a paradigm shift around mental-health disorders

Given the stressful nature of their jobs, Canada’s first responders ― police, paramedics, firefighters and correctional workers ― are living with much higher rates of…

Leadership, expansive programs key to University of Calgary’s mental-health strategy

Leadership, expansive programs key to University of Calgary’s mental-health strategy

What can each person do to create a community of caring where people feel connected, supported and cared for? That’s a question the University of…

More workers taking fake sick days, providing wild excuses

More workers taking fake sick days, providing wild excuses

More workers have been calling in sick when they aren’t actually ill, according to a new survey by human resources company CareerBuilder. The survey, which polled…

  • By: Staff
  • November 21, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:01
Best practices for return-to-work committees

Best practices for return-to-work committees

In one episode of the television show The Office, salesman Stanley Hudson has a heart attack during a workplace fire drill. A few days later,…

Is there a place for humour at work?

Is there a place for humour at work?

Laugh and the world laughs with you, right? OK, maybe not the world, but what about the workplace? Research has shown humour helps relieve the…

Mindfulness training reduces workplace bullying, harassment: UBC study

Mindfulness training reduces workplace bullying, harassment: UBC study

Online mindfulness training reduces negative workplace behaviours such as bullying and harassment, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. The…

  • By: Staff
  • November 20, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 10:31
Quebec psychologists dissatisfied with EAPs: survey

Quebec psychologists dissatisfied with EAPs: survey

Many psychologists are unhappy with employee assistance programs in Quebec, according to a new survey by the Quebec psychologists association. The survey by l’association des psychologues du Québec, which…

  • By: Staff
  • November 17, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 08:20
SSQ’s new peer support program trains mental-health allies

SSQ’s new peer support program trains mental-health allies

SSQ Life Insurance Co. Inc. is aiming to increase peer support in the workplace with a new service launched this week. The service, MyAlly, is available to…

  • By: Staff
  • November 16, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 16:30

Should non-smokers get extra vacation time?

A Japanese marketing firm is giving non-smokers an additional six vacation days per year. Piala Inc. originally got the idea from employees who complained their smoking…

Drugs pushing Canada’s total health spend to $242 billion in 2017: CIHI

Drugs pushing Canada’s total health spend to $242 billion in 2017: CIHI

As Canada’s total health spend is expected to reach $242 billion by the end of 2017, the amount spent on drugs is expected to grow at…

  • By: Staff
  • November 7, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 16:30
Why employers should promote workplace walking

Why employers should promote workplace walking

Once simply considered a dismissive solution to life’s woes, “just walk it off” can become a message with a proactive purpose, as well as a…

  • November 6, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 14:12
60% of Canadians report experiencing workplace harassment: survey

60% of Canadians report experiencing workplace harassment: survey

Sixty per cent of Canadians have experienced workplace harassment, according to a new report released by the federal government The report, released on Thursday, summarizes…

  • By: Staff
  • November 3, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00
Morneau Shepell adds to Quebec EAP presence with Pro Health acquisition

Morneau Shepell adds to Quebec EAP presence with Pro Health acquisition

Morneau Shepell Ltd. has further boosted its presence in the employee assistance program business in Quebec with the acquisition of Pro Health Group Inc. Pro…

  • By: Staff
  • November 2, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:46
Union-led, multi-employer pension considering transition to target-benefit plan

Union-led, multi-employer pension considering transition to target-benefit plan

More than 500 members of United Steelworkers Local 1568 who are employed by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories have reached a collective agreement that includes moving into a new…

Shame about financial struggles affecting workplace productivity, employer costs

Shame about financial struggles affecting workplace productivity, employer costs

Feelings of embarrassment and shame around personal financial struggles are affecting Canadians’ workplace productivity and there’s a role for employers to play, according to a new…

Carleton University recognized as wellness pioneer for decade-long health programming

Carleton University recognized as wellness pioneer for decade-long health programming

With more than 400 programs created over the past decade, Carleton University’s proactive approach to health and wellness helped it earn the inaugural Sanofi Canada Wellness…

Tackling stigma key to Co-operators’ award-winning mental-health efforts

Tackling stigma key to Co-operators’ award-winning mental-health efforts

The Co-operators Group Ltd.’s revamped mental-health program, including an online forum for employees, was central to its win in the category at Benefits Canada’s 2017…

Leading employers offer up solutions to workplace wellness, communications challenges

Leading employers offer up solutions to workplace wellness, communications challenges

While mental health is often a sensitive area, the Co-operators Group Ltd. aimed to bring the issue into the open by introducing an online Yammer group…

CAA honoured for wellness programs that include remote workers

CAA honoured for wellness programs that include remote workers

With some employees in the office during traditional working hours, others on overnight shifts and some working remotely, CAA Club Group wants to ensure its wellness…

Lakeside Process Controls shows financial savings, healthier workforce in awards win

Lakeside Process Controls shows financial savings, healthier workforce in awards win

Wellness has long been central to employee life at Lakeside Process Controls Ltd. in Mississauga, Ont. That long-standing commitment led to the company’s win for best…