An article on what steps employers should consider before announcing a return-to-office mandate was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. What employers should consider before implementing a return-to-office mandate 2. EY Canada supporting employee well-being with […]
Six in 10 (62 per cent) Canadian employees say they’re burned out at work, up from 47 per cent in 2024, according to a new survey by Robert Half Canada. The survey, which polled more than 1,000 workers, found roughly a third (31 per cent) reported feeling more burned out than they did a year […]
More than a third of employees say they’re merely surviving and 69 per cent of benefits leaders report declining performance linked to mental-health challenges, according to a new report by Lyra Health Inc. The survey of 7,500 employees and more than 500 benefits leaders across multiple countries, including Canada, found more than one in four […]
Nearly half (48 per cent) of Canadian employees say job security and stability have the greatest positive impact on their health and productivity, according to a new survey by Sodexo. It found among Canadian employees, 37 per cent cited flexible work arrangements as having the greatest impact, followed by a supportive work culture (26 per […]
Most Canadian employees support a hybrid approach to office work, with 80 per cent preferring some in-office time and only one in five favouring fully remote work, according to a new survey by Indeed. The survey, which polled more than 1,000 full-time Canadian employees, found a sharp shift from pre-pandemic office norms, with just 34 […]
People leaders were 1.7 times more likely to experience high stress than individual contributors in 2025, according to a new report by McLean & Company. It found leadership demands continued to rise as workplace complexity, technological change and shifting employee expectations accelerated faster than organizations could support, with many leaders acting as “organizational catch-alls” who […]
An article on Ontario’s proposed changes to preferred pharmacy network agreements was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. How Ontario’s proposed changes to preferred pharmacy networks could reshape drug plan costs 2. How predictability in the […]
A recent New York Times feature highlighted the growing tension between workplace expectations and the unequal share of caregiving and domestic labour women continue to manage — a conversation that mirrors what Dr. Vera Kohut, family physician and medical director at Serefin Health, says she sees daily. “Work was built around the life pattern of […]
Canadian employees with caregivering responsibilities are facing rising levels of stress, lost income and workplace strain, according to a new survey by virtual-care platform Maple Corp. The survey, which polled more than 1,500 employees, found working caregivers were almost twice as likely as non-caregivers to miss work due to mental-health reasons (10 per cent compared […]
An article on Arc’teryx Equipment’s win at Benefits Canada‘s 2025 Workplace Benefits Awards was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Arc’teryx Equipment awarded for tech-forward benefits communications strategy 2. Air Canada recognized for embedding DEI into […]