return to work – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Nearly half of working Canadian women disappointed with employer’s support during maternity leave: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/absence-management/nearly-half-of-working-canadian-women-disappointed-with-employers-support-during-maternity-leave-survey/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:00:53 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=153585 Nearly half of Canadian women employees say they’re dissatisfied with their organizations’ support during maternity leave, according to a survey by Maturn. The survey, which polled more than 1,000 women, found two-fifths (39 per cent) didn’t receive a top up. Among the 59 per cent who said they received some form of paid leave, the benefits […]

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]]> Survey finds 30% of parents with young children working from home https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/30-of-parents-with-young-children-working-from-home-survey/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:00:37 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=148277 Nearly a third (30 per cent) of working parents with at least one child aged five or younger worked exclusively from home or had a hybrid working arrangement in November, including 33 per cent of mothers and 27 per cent of fathers, according to a new survey by Statistics Canada. It found just a quarter (24 per cent) […]

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]]> 2023 Mental Health Summit: Integrated disability management programs can shorten leave duration https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/2023-mental-health-summit-integrated-disability-management-programs-can-shorten-leave-duration/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:57:37 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=147499 In the face of soaring mental health-related disability leaves and broader challenges with access to mental-health care, integrated disability management programs that include early intervention, accommodations and return-to-work supports can help shorten leave durations.  “Having an effective disability management program not only prevents and mitigates the impact of disability leaves on an organization, but it […]

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]]> 2023 Healthy Outcomes Conference: The role of mental-health care, support in DEI strategies https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/2023-healthy-outcomes-conference-the-role-of-mental-health-care-support-in-dei-strategies/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:57:45 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=147113 As employers increasingly embrace diversity, equity and inclusion strategies, strong mental-health support can be a key pillar in those efforts, said Joby McKenzie, managing director for Canada at Teladoc Health, during Benefits Canada‘s 2023 Healthy Outcomes Conference in October. Highlighting statistics showing the mental-health disparities across diverse groups, she noted a third of Indigenous people […]

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]]> 2023 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Panel: Taking a proactive approach to absence and disability management https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/2023-healthy-outcomes-conference-panel-taking-a-proactive-approach-to-absence-and-disability-management/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:53:25 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=147137 Long before the coronavirus pandemic upended the workplace and impacted absence and disability management, employers have been rethinking these programs by taking a proactive approach. Lululemon Athletica Inc.’s accommodations program supports employee financial well-being and building employer trust by allowing employees to continue working as much as possible, said Jared Fu (pictured right), the apparel […]

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]]> How Snap is using flexible working to help ease new parents’ return to work https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/how-snap-is-using-flexible-working-to-help-ease-new-parents-return-to-work/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:58:44 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143239 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 https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/canadian-women-share-what-evolving-benefits-and-workplace-policies-mean-to-them/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:57:21 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143258 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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]]> Return-to-work strategies, open communication help alleviate employee stress, anxiety https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/return-to-work-strategies-open-communication-help-alleviate-employee-stress-anxiety/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:55:25 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=133507 While the World Health Organization defines stress as any type of change that causes physical, emotional or psychological strain, simply put, it’s the body’s response to anything that requires attention or action, according to Sherry Hnatyshyn-Webster, Carepath Inc.’s managing director, speaking during a session at Benefits Canada‘s 2023 Chronic Disease at Work conference in early […]

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]]> 2022 Healthy Outcomes Conference: How can employers link disability management, employee well-being? https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/disability-management/2022-healthy-outcomes-conference-how-can-employers-link-disability-management-employee-well-being/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 12:57:07 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=131118 For too long, disability programs have been reactive rather than proactive, but connecting disability management to overall employee well-being strategies can help reduce disability trends and help employees on leave successfully return to work. “Where we’re seeing our [plan sponsor] clients have success is acknowledging the problem starts way sooner than [the point when] someone […]

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]]> 2022 Mental Health Summit: Health culture, performance indicators key to minimizing employee absence, disability https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/2022-mental-health-summit-health-culture-performance-indicators-key-to-minimizing-employee-absence-disability/ Fri, 09 Dec 2022 12:50:00 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=130649 Since an organization’s most valuable asset is its people, the coronavirus pandemic made it clear that having healthy, happy employees on the job isn’t just valuable, it’s essential to profitability, said Valerie Fernandez, organizational health senior advisor at Beneva, during Benefits Canada’s 2022 Mental Health Summit in November. In addition, she noted health isn’t an individual […]

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