The caregiver effect wins out over the added worker effect when Canadian are diagnosed with cancer, research from Statistics Canada suggests. It’s to be expected…
Got purple hair? Starbucks wants to hire you. The world’s largest coffee chain is loosening its employee dress code to allow workers to don brightly-dyed hair…
Nearly half (44 per cent) of working Canadians between 20 and 64 years old have worked for an employer that supports their volunteering in some…
Fanatical users of Pokémon Go are eager to catch all of the monsters they can, even if it means looking for a Charmander under a colleague’s…
As young Canadians fan out across workplaces this summer to get experience as interns, employers would do well to take stock of the myriad of employment…
More than half (51 per cent) of U.S. employees feel the expanding job market gives them more negotiating power – around higher salaries and better benefits…
Before my first internship, I thought that regardless of where I went, all internships would be the same: neither good nor bad but just a…
Library workers in Mississauga, Ont. went on strike at midnight after pay and benefits negotiations with the city fell through over the weekend. The motion…
While 85 per cent of Canadian employers rank stress as the top health and productivity concern in their workplace, employers and employees disagreed on its…
As most Canadian employees prepare to celebrate Canada’s birthday with a long weekend, some employees are still on the clock on July 1, so employers…
Engagement levels among Canadian employees stagnated at 69 per cent between 2014 and 2015, according to Aon Hewitt’s global employee engagement report, while the U.S.…
Ontario is moving ahead with the design and implementation of a basic income pilot, as announced in its 2016 budget. Basic income, or guaranteed annual…
Apple, Facebook and Salesforce are the best global companies at attracting and retaining talent, according to data from LinkedIn. Its inaugural ranking of the “top…
While some employers have responded to employee requests for more workplace flexibility by offering unlimited vacation time, professional services firm KPMG has taken a different…
Less than half of U.S. employees feel their company fosters an environment in which men are comfortable taking parental leave, according to a new survey…
Employers should start preparing as the federal government considers a new transgender rights bill, a lawyer suggests. The legislation, Bill C-16, would update the Canadian…
When Eckler principal Paul Harrietha worked with the Auto Sector Retirees Health Care Trust on benefits packages at General Motors of Canada and Chrysler Canada…
Ontario’s gender wage gap summary report, published Tuesday, says employers play a key role in addressing the issue and that changes in the workplace around flexibility,…
I’m told I’m a member of the so-called sandwich generation of those in their 30s and 40s with the dual responsibilities of bringing up their…
What’s the safest place to have a heart attack? The back of a Canadian cab — because the driver is likely a foreign-born doctor. A…
Let’s face it: no one really wants to spend precious time reading about their pension and benefit plans. Pensions and benefits are boring, and sometimes…
The Vancouver Aquarium is teeming not only with diverse marine life but also with diverse staff. It has 253 full and part-time employees—from scientists and…
I recently watched U.K.-based CNN anchor Hala Gorani—born in the U.S. to Syrian parents and raised in Algeria and France—give a graduation speech at George…
Annual employee engagement surveys aren’t enough—you have to poll more often
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