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Canada among top countries for work-life balance: report

lbailey — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:00:36 +0000

Canada ranks No. 9 among the top 10 countries with the best work-life balance, according to a new report by Remote Technology Inc. The report examined 60 countries and assessed factors such as minimum wage, sick leave, maternity leave, health-care availability, public happiness, average working hours and LGBTQ2S+ inclusivity. Read: Ottawa named a top city for work-life […]

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How Snap is using flexible working to help ease new parents’ return to work

lbailey — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:58:44 +0000

By March 2021, nearly half a million Canadian women who lost their jobs during the pandemic still hadn’t returned to work by the beginning of that year, according to data from the Royal Bank of Canada. It also found more than 200,000 women had slipped into the ranks of the long-term unemployed, a threefold increase […]

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Canadian women share what evolving benefits and workplace policies mean to them

lbailey — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:57:21 +0000

When Jessica Charbonneau decided to have a child through assisted reproduction a few years ago, it wasn’t cheap, but her employer helped shoulder some of the costs. Charbonneau, a 36-year-old student affairs case manager at the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus, started with intrauterine insemination, spending a total of $15,000 for six rounds. The university’s […]

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U.S. employers, employees divided over workplace DEI efforts: survey

bwolfe — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:00:07 +0000

While 80 per cent of U.S. employers say their company is doing enough to address diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, just 66 per cent of employees agreed, according to a new survey by Employ Inc. The survey, which polled more than 1,000 employees and more than 500 employers, found the majority (82 per […]

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More employer support needed for parents of teens facing mental-health challenges: survey

Sadie Janes — Wed, 25 May 2022 19:00:06 +0000

More than half (55 per cent) of U.S. working parents say they aren’t receiving enough support from their employer while having to care for their teenagers’ mental-health needs, according to a new survey by Economist Impact and Cigna Corp. The survey, which polled 1,100 working parents, found nearly a fifth (18 per cent) of working […]

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94% of small-, mid-sized Canadian employers offer benefits plans: survey

lbailey — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:05:15 +0000

Almost all (94 per cent) small- to medium-sized Canadian employers offer a benefits plan, according to a new survey by Humi. The survey, which polled the organization’s employer clients, found slightly more than a third (42 per cent) of respondents said they’re paying for the full cost of benefits premiums. However, when it comes to […]

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SAP launching digital platform to support mothers taking maternity leave

lbailey — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:00:59 +0000

SAP Canada is launching a benefits platform to help guide employees who identify as women through their motherhood journey. Launched last month, the platform is available to women who’re expecting, including via birth, adoption and/or surrogacy. It’s designed to support female employees expecting children, from having/welcoming a baby to taking maternity leave to returning to […]

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Unilever wins award for expansive approach to DEI amid pandemic

lbailey — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:00:05 +0000

Unilever Canada Inc.’s fulsome approach to diversity, equity and inclusion led to its win in the diversity program category at Benefits Canada’s 2021 Workplace Benefits Awards on Oct. 14. At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Unilever Canada adopted the mantra “we’re navigating the same ocean, in different boats.” The adage, which created a shared sense of […]

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Women in Canada’s benefits, pension industries discuss gender equity, reversing pandemic-fueled ‘she-cession’

lbailey — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:55:03 +0000

Early in Shannan Corey’s pension career, many of the boards she worked with were dominated by men over the age of 50. Corey, now executive director of the Saskatchewan Pension Plan, recalls one particular board meeting she attended when her company’s actuary, also male, wasn’t able to attend. “I was in my 30s and still […]

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Border agency employees ending strike after retirement, paid leave wins

bwolfe — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 19:00:52 +0000

The union president for the Canadian Border Services Agency employees is “relieved” after reaching a new tentative agreement that includes retirement benefits and new paid leave programs. Under the four-year agreement, which dates back to 2018, the Treasury Board has committed to working toward the introduction of early retirement benefits for the border employees, along […]

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