This year, 202,400 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer, a study from the Canadian Cancer Society predicts. Half (50.4 per cent) of the diagnoses will be lung,…
Millennial business owners are more likely to invest in employee benefits with 81 per cent investing in benefits within a year of launching their business,…
Health Canada approved the abortion pill Mifegymiso in July 2015. Late last month, however, all provinces but Quebec announced they wouldn’t include the medication in…
Carproof is rolling out a wellness campaign focused on employee self care, including access to a yoga and meditation specialist, massage therapists and a naturopath,…
Victoria Airport Authority is focusing on its employees’ total health as it hosts a number of events and programs for Healthy Workplace Month in October.…
More and more employees are turning to employer-provided support for their financial and health questions, a global survey by employee support service provider Workplace Options…
After hearing in May that the federal government was consulting with Canadians on bringing the right to request flexible working to all federally regulated employees,…
The federal government has launched an online consultation about introducing more flexible employment insurance benefits for employees taking maternity, parental and caregiving leave. The 2016…
RBC Insurance has signed an agreement with Best Doctors Canada to include a mental-health support and advocacy program in its group disability insurance. The program,…
In the pursuit of top talent, employers are becoming more flexible when it comes to employee time off, according to a new report by the…
Starbucks Canada has increased its mental-health benefits from $400 to $5,000 per year for all employees who work 20 or more hours a week, as…
A third (36 per cent) of millennials are willing to pay more for more generous workplace health-care plans, up from 27 per cent who said…
As a hospital, the IWK Health Centre in Halifax has a natural interest in promoting health and wellness. And in its case, many of the…
With many Canadians struggling to balance their work responsibilities with their duties as caregivers for loved ones, employers are facing the challenge of how to…
Employers have always depended on the public health system to treat their employees in a timely manner. However, because of health cutbacks and the resulting…
One of the more surprising results from the Morneau Shepell research report into workplace mental-health priorities for 2016 was the fact that almost 75 per…
Visits to Christian Science practitioners aren’t an expensive benefit for plans to cover. In the past three years, the University of Manitoba spent exactly zero…
Today is World Heart Day, the World Heart Federation’s biggest platform for raising awareness about cardiovascular disease. “Cardiovascular disease is preventable in so many cases,…
Last week, the federal government announced it would amend the Canada Labour Code so federally regulated employees would have the right to request flexible working…
Nearly three-quarters (72 per cent) of Canadian organizations have a formal drug and alcohol policy in place, but just 32 per cent evaluate the effectiveness…
As companies explore ways to encourage employees to be physically active, what role does virtual reality play in encouraging healthy behaviours? Earlier this summer, Pokémon…
Workplace depression collectively costs Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa and the United States more than US$246 billion each year, according to a…
While employers and employees view flexible working as an important topic worth discussing in today’s workplace, they disagree on whether workers should have a legal…
Canadian employees are lacking much-needed sleep with 27 per cent reporting they feel tired most days or every day during the work week, according to…
Deloitte’s new family leave program for its U.S. employees includes time off for elder care, spousal care and child care beyond infancy. Both male and…