Office culture can influence drinking Workplace attitudes toward alcohol consumption can influence employees’ drinking habits, according to a recent study published in the journal…
To fully achieve healthy workplaces, healthcare stakeholders must unite and support a common agenda. A convergence of pressures has raised the stakes for creating workplaces…
Karen Seward and her team at Shepell•fgi are helping employers to tackle wellness ‘like a business problem’. Mounting drug and healthcare costs, rising long-term disability…
Thanks to an asthma self-management program, employees at Moosehead Breweries are breathing a little easier. A sudden and significant increase in drug claims might be…
Inspiring employees at Campbell Canada to get serious about their health is duck soup for Fanny Karolev. Late last year, the cafeteria staff at Campbell…
Employers can help sick and injured employees navigate the healthcare system to make their journey — and recovery — as short and stress-free as possible…
Getting the wellness message out to McMaster University employees is what Wanda McKenna does best. Even a small amount of funding for employee health promotion…
One employer’s approach to getting employees to take better care of their heart health As more employers realize the link between employee health and business…
Wellness not a ‘corporate value’ While 88% of Ontario employers offer at least one employee health promotion program, such as smoking cessation, only 6%…
British Columbians are outliving their Cascadian neighbours by an average of two years. The province’s health promotion minister, Gordon Hogg, explains why. British columbia is…
General Motors has reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers union to establish an independent retiree healthcare trust. “This agreement helps us close…
Co-operators Life Insurance Company has signed an agreement where NexgenRx will provide the insurance firm with use of its pharmacy benefit management as well as…
Part 2: Exploring the potential for collaboration to trigger new initiatives and value-for-money in Canada’s healthcare system. Part 2 of a two-part series on the…
An article on the federal government’s spring economic update, including the creation of Canada’s first sovereign wealth fund, was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this…
An article on how legislative changes in Alberta are impacting employer-sponsored benefits plans was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the…
A lawsuit against the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s Yellowknife bureau is serving as a broader wake-up call for employers navigating workplace culture, psychological safety and reputational…
The Bank of Montreal is supporting employee mental health through an enhanced employee assistance program, an upcoming Indigenous cognitive behavioural therapy tool and an internal…
Air Canada’s vice-president of global human resources discusses its total mental-health offering, working in a fast-moving industry and exploring the world with family and friends.…
Language barriers are undermining employees’ access to workplace benefits, reducing enrolment and engagement and increasing the risk of errors and misunderstandings, says Parbudyal Singh, professor…
Ottawa is hiking entry-level pay for Canadian Armed Forces privates by 20 per cent for the regular force and 13 per cent for reservists. That…
After five years of working long nights as a truck driver, Julius Mosley wanted a change. He found driving unfulfilling, and his teenage son needed…
Nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) of Canadian employees say return-to-worksite mandates impose a financial burden, a percentage that increases to 70 per cent among hybrid…