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41% of global employers report attaining full gender equity: survey

Sadie Janes — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:00:46 +0000

Just two-fifths (41 per cent) of global employers say they’ve attained full gender equity, according to a new survey by ManpowerGroup. The survey, which polled more than 40,000 employers in 42 countries, found 52 per cent reported pay equity initiatives are on schedule, while the remaining 48 per cent were behind or had no initiatives. […]

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Nearly a quarter of Canadian workers don’t view their workplace as supportive: survey

Sadie Janes — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:00:36 +0000

Nearly a quarter (21 per cent) of Canadian employees say they don’t perceive their workplace as supportive, according to Telus Health’s latest mental-health index. The survey, which polled 3,000 Canadians, found the average mental-health score among those who don’t view their workplace as supportive was 19 points lower than those who said the opposite. Indeed, 45 […]

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Canada lags behind peer countries on female representation in management: report

lbailey — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:00:32 +0000

Women in corporate leadership still face barriers, with significant gaps in business ownership, representation and compensation, according to a report by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. It found Canada lags behind nearly half of its peers in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in its share of female managers. While women have made strides in the overall […]

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65% of women employees concerned about receiving inadequate pay increases: survey

lbailey — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:00:08 +0000

Nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) of women say inadequate compensation increases is their biggest concern in 2024, according to a new survey by Robert Half Canada Inc. The survey, which polled more than 760 workers, also found three-quarters (75 per cent) of women cited wider economic changes as a major concern. It’s important for employers […]

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Report finds women taking 69% of all mental-health leaves of absence

Sadie Janes — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:00:01 +0000

In 2023, women took 69 per cent of all leaves of absence related to mental health in North America, according to a new report by ComPsych Corp. The report, which analyzed data from more than 5,700 employers in Canada and the U.S., found 33 per cent of mental-health leaves were taken by millennial women, followed by […]

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20% of global board positions filled by people from underrepresented groups, ethnicities: report

lbailey — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:00:48 +0000

In 2023, a fifth (20 per cent) of board positions across the globe were filled by individuals that belong to historically underrepresented groups or ethnicities, with nearly a third within their first two years of tenure, according to a report by McKinsey & Company. The report, which polled more than 1,200 companies across 23 countries, […]

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Women represent a quarter of C-suite leaders in North America: report

Sadie Janes — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:00:51 +0000

Women represent roughly a quarter of C-suite leaders in North America, while women of colour represent just one in 16, according to a report by McKinsey & Company. The report, which was based on research from more than 270 companies in the U.S. and Canada, found women of colour faced the steepest drop-off in representation […]

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49% of Fortune 500 leaders are women, people from underrepresented backgrounds: survey

Sadie Janes — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:00:08 +0000

Half (49 per cent) of C-suite leaders at Fortune 500 companies are women (40 per cent) and people from historically under-represented ethnic and racial backgrounds (16 per cent), including nine in 10 (89 per cent) chief inclusion and diversity officers and a fifth (19 per cent) of chief operating officers, according to a new survey […]

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Would Brazil’s new bond work in Canada?

Sadie Janes — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:55:21 +0000

RendA+, an innovative bond instrument in Brazil, is serving as a relatively safe asset for defined contribution pension plans and lowering retirement risk, especially for those without a workplace pension plan. At a 2019 retirement security conference held in Brazil, Arun Muralidhar, chairman and chief investment officer at AlphaEngine Global Investment Solutions, proposed the introduction […]

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Q&A with Metrolinx’s Lisa Ritchie

Jennifer Paterson — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:54:00 +0000

The organization’s vice-president of talent acquisition and total rewards discusses promoting careers to equity-deserving communities, a new menopause policy and the stability of joining a defined benefit pension plan. Q: What top challenges do you face in your role? A: One of the organization’s commitments to creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive culture is to […]

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