wellness benefits – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Mon, 06 May 2024 21:19:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 How employers can support employees impacted by wildfires https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/how-employers-can-support-employees-impacted-by-wildfires/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:00:23 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=141524 With wildfires raging across the country over the past weeks, employers can support affected employees by offering easily accessible tools and resources, flexible work schedules and extended wellness benefits, says Alex Boucher, principal consultant and total health management leader at Mercer Canada. Whether they’ve been removed from their homes or are worrying about smoke inhalation, employees are […]

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]]> Survey finds 40% of workers taking time off due to mental-health concerns https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/40-of-workers-taking-time-off-due-to-mental-health-concerns-survey/ Mon, 08 May 2023 13:00:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=137424 Two-fifths (40 per cent) of Canadian employees say they’ve taken time off work in the last five years due to mental-health concerns, according to a new survey by wellness benefits provider Heal-3 and the Future Skills Centre. The survey, which polled more than 500 workers, found among respondents who took time off for mental-health reasons, […]

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]]> KPMG offering Indigenous wellness benefit as part of Truth and Reconciliation plan https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/kpmg-offering-indigenous-wellness-benefit-as-part-of-truth-and-reconciliation-plan/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:00:31 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=129044 KPMG in Canada is offering an Indigenous wellness benefit as part of its Truth and Reconciliation action plan. The wellness benefit, which will be available in December, provides employees with access to an annual allowance that will reimburse expenses related to Indigenous healers and elders, traditional medicine and Indigenous ceremony supplies. “We felt strongly that […]

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]]> U.S. employers financially impacted by employees’ deteriorating mental health: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/u-s-employers-financially-impacted-by-employees-deteriorating-mental-health-survey/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:00:13 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=120240 Nearly three-quarters (71 per cent) of U.S. employers feel the deteriorating mental health of their workforce is having a negative financial impact on their companies, according to a survey by the Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. The survey, which polled more than 500 U.S. employers and 1,000 workers, found 34 per cent of employees reported […]

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