When Alberta Health Services (AHS) was formed in 2008 as an amalgamation of the province’s former health regions, it had a difficult task: consolidate the benefits and pension program for approximately 90,000 employees spread across Alberta and based in close to three dozen sites.
Employees with depression who are receiving treatment while they’re still working are significantly more likely to be productive, according to a study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
Communications professionals often stress the need to relay a message seven times in seven different ways to get a point across.
When they were first introduced in the 1980s, health risk assessments (HRAs) were positioned as an effective tool to educate and drive behavioural change among employees.
Canadian small business owners are having a difficult time finding good employees. According to American Express’s Small Business Monitor survey, 11% of small business owners have never found the right person for a position and 28% have had jobs open for up to three months before finding the appropriate candidate.
Shifts in technology are not only changing the way Canadians work and do business, they are also changing workplace dynamics, presenting new opportunities—and challenges—to employers and employees.
While personal satisfaction and financial stability are important to all employers, men and women have different criteria for determining what makes an organization attractive.
Employers looking to attract and retain the best gen Y talent can start by learning to speak their language—and this doesn’t have to mean signing off emails with “g2g-ttyl.”
Workers continue to feel trapped in their jobs and want to find new employment elsewhere, according to a survey by Right Management.
Communicating your benefits plan to employees in a way they understand and will act upon can be challenging. And if employees feel their employers don’t understand or appreciate their needs, that disengagement can be costly.