connection – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Wed, 01 May 2024 19:25:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 How Hootsuite is encouraging employees to reconnect with new return-to-office program https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/how-hootsuite-is-encouraging-employees-to-reconnect-with-new-return-to-office-program/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:57:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=147089 In order to support in-person collaboration while maintaining flexibility, Hootsuite Inc. is encouraging employees to reconnect with their co-workers through its new Perch Days program. “We started our distributed workforce strategy during [the coronavirus pandemic],” says Tara Ataya, the company’s chief people and diversity officer. “With this strategy, we have taken a test-and-iterate approach to […]

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]]> Younger employees less likely to be able to cope with work stress: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/younger-employees-less-likely-to-be-able-to-cope-with-work-stress-survey/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 20:00:15 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=133129 Employees aged 40 and younger are 60 per cent more likely than workers aged 50 and older to lack confidence in their ability to cope with stressors at work, according to LifeWorks Inc.’s latest mental-health index. The survey’s respondents reported an overall mental-health score of 64.6, up slightly from 64.3 in November. The sub-scores for anxiety […]

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]]> Just one in six employees feels strongly connected at work: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/just-one-in-six-employees-feels-strongly-connected-at-work-survey/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:00:34 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=122127 Only a sixth of employees feel highly connected at work, with employees who work onsite feeling the least connected, according to a new survey by Accenture. The survey, which polled 1,100 executives and 5,000 employees, found 42 per cent of onsite workers said they don’t feel connected, compared to 36 per cent of employees in […]

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