When reaching out to men as part of mental-health efforts, it can helpful to frame them in particular ways by making the issue more about productivity and less about yoga mats. And setting up the program through the workplace can be a good way to start. “I think men are just hard to reach,” says Geoff Soloway, co-founder and […]
When it comes to mental-health challenges in the workplace, the focus is shifting to prevention and early intervention rather than diagnosis and treatment, according to the head of Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Employers and benefits providers will have to start to “rethink their model of dealing with claims,” Thomas Teahen, president and chief executive officer […]
While nearly half (47 per cent) of employers implemented the national standard of Canada for psychological health and safety in the workplace to save money, the vast majority (91 per cent) of respondents did so because it’s “the right thing to do,” according to a new study by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. The […]
The Royal Bank of Canada will share its focus on sleep hygiene and the impact on mental health at the 2017 Benefits and Pension Summit in Toronto on April 11-12. “[Sleep] was something that came up consistently in our health risk assessment,” says Andrejka Massicotte, the bank’s director of Canadian benefits and wellness, who will speak […]
Mental-health advocate and former National Hockey League goaltender Clint Malarchuk will share his struggles with mental illness in the closing keynote presentation at the 2017 Benefits and Pension Summit in Toronto on April 11-12. After experiencing a life-threatening injury that ended his career, Malarchuk reported battling with anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and depression. During the […]
Canadian workplaces have become psychologically safer over the past seven years, according to two studies commissioned by the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace. The first report, conducted by Ipsos, found that in 2016, 71 per cent of employees considered their workplaces psychologically safe and healthy environments. That number was up six percentage […]
Only 37 per cent of millennial and generation Z employees who have access to workplace health benefits feel their plan fully meets their needs., according to new research by Sun Life Canada. “I looked at that statistic more in terms of the opportunities to build even further on programs, to enhance them and make them […]
Almost half (46 per cent) of employees report they or their colleagues have taken time off after an organizational change, according to new research by Morneau Shepell. Its survey of 1,018 employers and employees across the country found most employee respondents reacted negatively to organizational change: 40 per cent said it adversely impacted their health and well-being […]
As Bell Canada continues to roll out its annual Bell Let’s Talk campaign, the telecommunications company is hosting a number of mental health and wellness events for employees. The organization is offering opportunities for employees to attend in-person speaking events or watch them online through a platform called LifeSpeak. “That is very, very popular because […]
Toronto’s Michael Garron Hospital is launching an anti-bullying program for its employees to mark Bell Let’s Talk Day this week. “Within nursing and within the medical profession, there are environmental and structural mechanisms that make it very easy for people to bully one another,” says Christine Devine, a wellness specialist at the hospital. Bullying can […]