While 81 per cent of employees said open-space office environments support collaboration, they also noted at least some privacy contributes to a more productive, less…
Ontario’s standing committee on finance and economic affairs has passed a number of amendments to a bill aimed at boosting the province’s workplace standards legislation,…
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson Inc. is enhancing its parental leave benefits in every country in which it operates. The company is giving new parents a minimum…
The third episode of Benefits Canada‘s new podcast, Human Resourcefulness, looks at the role of the human resources manager through Toby Flenderson of The Office. Our…
While many employers promote work-life balance, 25 per cent of Canadians have left a job due to stress and 17 per cent have considered making…
Last February, Vancouver-based iQmetrix Software Development Corp. gave employees a weeklong all-expense paid vacation to Hawaii. Adopting a theme of personal development, the company created…
When a Hootsuite Media Inc. employee decided to send a branded T-shirt to a customer as a gift, he didn’t expect it to cost $200.…
The second episode of Benefits Canada’s new podcast, Human Resourcefulness, continues this week with a look at The Office‘s Dwight Schrute and Jim Halpert. Dwight cares a…
As the federal government’s plan to legalize recreational marijuana next year moves ahead, there are still many challenges, including how pricing and taxation of the drug…
Employers in the United States are increasingly requiring employees with same-sex partners to legally marry in order for their partner to receive health-care benefits, according…
The federal government’s difficulties with its problem-plagued Phoenix pay system are now affecting pension plan members who won’t be receiving their pension and insurance benefits statements this year…
This summer, Benefits Canada is launching a new podcast, Human Resourcefulness, that looks at problems presented in fictional workplaces and asks experts how they’d advise those companies…
Royal Bank of Canada, the Toronto Transit Commission and Telus Communications are among Canada’s 25 best places to work, according to a new ranking published…
Facing a number of challenges not experienced by their larger counterparts, medium-sized employers must leverage their strengths when it comes to employee recruitment, according to…
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. and its unionized employees at the company’s aluminum smelter in Kitimat, B.C. signed a tentative contract on Tuesday night, narrowly averting…
While the majority (84 per cent) of American employers say their workplace is friendly to caregivers, only 35 per cent offer employees paid leave specifically…
Hub International Ltd. has appointed Amber Kennelly as its new chief human resources officer. Kennelly was most recently vice-president of compensation and benefits for Allstate…
A lot of employees are on holiday right now, but should they have to delineate the time they’re taking specifically as vacation? As pointed out…
Sears Canada’s plan to pay out millions in bonuses to keep executives and key staff on board while not paying severance to laid-off workers is…
TD Bank and Johns Hopkins University have launched new parental leave policies. The new policy for employees at TD Bank and TD Securities U.S. offers…
Employees at GoodLife Fitness Centres Inc. are expressing concern after the fitness chain decided to discontinue its childcare services at three clubs in the Greater…
More than half (51 per cent) of business people expect the demand for flexibility to continue growing over the next year, according to research by…
Nearly two-thirds (60 per cent) of Canadians would volunteer more if it their employer organized it, according to a new study by Volunteer Canada. The study…
As Canada looks to legalize marijuana next year, many employers are still unsure about how to prepare for what happens when the legislation takes effect, according…
For legal software company Clio, employee engagement is crucial — so much so that it has revamped its five administration roles as employee engagement specialists.…