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Following its win in the Future of Work Strategy category at the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards, TMX Group Ltd. is advancing its hybrid-first approach with a continued focus on flexibility, inclusion and employee well-being. The organization was recognized for its data-driven approach, shaped by a year-long pilot that analyzed employee feedback, turnover, performance metrics and […]

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More than two-thirds (69 per cent) of Canadian employers operating with a hybrid work model say they’re confident their businesses will grow in 2025, despite economic uncertainty and the pressure of rising costs, according to a new survey by the International Workplace Group. The survey, which polled more than 400 senior business leaders across Canada […]

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  • June 5, 2025 June 5, 2025
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Roughly eight in 10 (78 per cent) employees who can personalize their benefits package to meet their needs say their employer cares about their health and well-being, compared to just 29 per cent of employees who can’t personalize their benefits, according to a new survey by Mercer. The survey, which polled more than 18,000 global […]

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  • May 26, 2025 May 23, 2025
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As remote and hybrid work becomes commonplace, Canadian employers may be unknowingly putting themselves at risk by overlooking key compliance obligations, says Natalka Haras, senior counsel at ADP Canada. “Although there are certain employers for which remote work is not new as an idea, certainly with technology, it’s easier than it’s ever been [and] I […]

While generation Z and millennial employees report the highest levels of satisfaction from flexible working arrangements, employees across all generations have increasingly embraced flexible work over the last five years, says Sandra Lavoy, regional vice-president at Robert Half Canada. “The pandemic completely shifted expectations and sentiments in the workplace and many people in older generations […]

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Ontario’s small claims court has ruled that recalling an employee from a remote working arrangement to in-person work can amount to a constructive dismissal giving rise to liability for damages. The employee in question, Lesley Byrd, had worked for Welcome Home Children’s Residence Inc. in Ottawa since 2018, but without a written contract of employment. […]

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When Nikelle Inman started a new job coaching first-generation college students, she looked forward to meeting with them one-on-one to talk about how to surmount obstacles and find resources to succeed. Instead, she and her fellow success coaches at a community college in North Carolina spent a year mired in paperwork, tasked with reviewing applications […]

An article on a series of court cases dealing with remote working arrangements in Quebec 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. Quebec’s approach to remote workers’ rights holds lessons for other provinces: lawyer 2. How […]

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  • March 14, 2025 March 13, 2025
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While more than two-thirds of global companies say they’ve implemented a formal policy requiring employees to be in the office for a minimum number of days each week, fewer than five per cent of organizations say they completely prohibit remote work, according to a new survey by WTW. It found most companies require employees to […]

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  • March 13, 2025 March 12, 2025
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When the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, companies across Canada scrambled to shift their employees to home setups. For the dozen or so staff at Edmonton-based technology company Punchcard Systems, the new reality meant figuring out new patterns of how to communicate as they would have at their downtown office. […]