Early in Lana Burnstad’s career, she worked at a railway company that was merging several regional railways and their various benefits plans. Part of that process included working with multiple unions, which were traditionally male-dominated environments at the time. “That was a rough process — swearing and fist-pounding . . . . It was pretty […]
A majority (82 per cent) of senior managers said they’re worried about their company’s ability to retain valued staff, with 34 per cent saying they’re very worried, according to a new survey by Robert Half Canada Inc. Among this group, 41 per cent attributed their concern to salary reductions or planned salary freezes for the […]
Nearly half (45 per cent) of working Canadians said they’d prefer to work remotely at least three days a week, while more than a quarter said they’d prefer to work flex hours, according to a new survey by ADP Canada Co. and research firm Maru/Blue. The survey, which polled more than 1,500 working Canadians, also […]
While intangible assets like human capital and culture are increasingly at the forefront of employers’ concerns, frameworks to manage these factors are lagging, according to a new paper by Willis Towers Watson and the World Economic Forum. As the world resets to a new reality amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it noted, it will be critical to an […]
The City of Mississauga’s acting senior manager of total rewards talks virtual health care, pension communications and spending time with family. Q. What top challenges do you face in your role? A. I think we can say there are two worlds: pre-coronavirus and post-coronavirus. In the current situation, the top challenge is making sure our […]
While a majority (55 per cent) of North American employers said they expect most of their furloughed workers will return to work by the first quarter of 2021, just 16 per cent said they expect to rehire laid-off employees by then, according to a new survey by Willis Towers Watson. It also found respondents expect the proportion […]
Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank Group say most of their staff will work from home until next year to further stop the spread of the coronavirus. Helena Gottschling, RBC’s chief human resources officer, said in a memo to bank staff that most employees will work from home until at least 2021. She said a very […]
As lockdown restrictions begin to lift and companies co-ordinate their return-to-work processes, more than half (55 per cent) of Canadian employees said they’d prefer to work from home more frequently, while 41 per cent agreed the era of the 9-to-5 workday is now over, according to a new survey by multinational software company Citrix Systems […]
Over the past few months, we’ve all had to deal with the challenges of social distancing and self-isolation. Some people have faced the extra pressure of continuing to work without interruption to earn a living, while also providing daily childcare. Others have dealt with the challenges of social isolation and living alone. For those of […]
While 33 per cent of global employees said they want to return to the physical workplace full time after the coronavirus pandemic in April, that number dropped to four per cent when respondents were asked the same question in June, according to a new survey by Perceptyx Inc. In its survey of more than 750,ooo […]