For their 15th wedding anniversary, Katie Walley-Wiegert and her husband decided to take a beach vacation with their young son. But the trip didn’t go as planned: Walley-Wiegert wound up needing to pack her computer because of a work assignment she couldn’t ignore. The 38-year-old marketing professional had just landed a podcast interview for an […]
More than two-fifths (44 per cent) of Canadian employees in a hybrid working arrangement say they’re taking fewer sick days, according to a new survey by International Workplace Group. The survey, which polled more than 1,000 Canadian employees working in a hybrid arrangement, found 71 per cent said they experienced fewer stress-related health issues and […]
More than half (59 per cent) of U.S. workers say they feel some form of anxiety when it comes to taking time off, according to a new survey by LiveCareer. The survey, which polled more than 1,000 U.S. workers, found a third (33 per cent) said they feel pressure not to use all their paid […]
Canadian people managers who have left or are planning to leave their role say factors such as lack of fulfilment or advancement (49 per cent), inadequate compensation (41 per cent) and mental-health issues (31 per cent) influenced their decision, according to a new survey by the Harris Poll on behalf of Express Services Inc. The […]
Half (50 per cent) of Canadian generation Z workers say they’d prefer a senior role that doesn’t involve people management, compared to 44 per cent of generation X, 42 per cent of millennials and 19 per cent of baby boomers, according to a new survey by Robert Half Canada. “It may reflect the fact that […]
Five years after the coronavirus pandemic normalized the concept of remote working, academic and union thought leaders agree there’s no evidence supporting return-to-office mandates. Mark Ma, associate professor of business administration, University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business In our research, which examined consequences of return-to-office mandates for S&P 500 firms from 2020 to […]
Employee turnover is taking a significant financial toll on Canadian companies, with nearly one in five hiring managers (17 per cent) saying it costs their organization more than $100,000 annually, according to a new survey by the Harris Poll on behalf of Express Services Inc. The survey, which polled more than 500 employers, found the […]
A respectful workplace (70 per cent), extended health coverage (56 per cent) and flexible work options (42 per cent) are helping Canadian employees feel supported at work, according to ADP Canada Co.’s monthly Happiness@Work index. The organization’s national work happiness score for May was 6.8/10, a 0.1-point increase from April and a 0.2-point increase from […]
Canadian employees’ well-being is declining, with workers reporting an average well-being score of 43.7 out of 100 in 2024, according to a new report by Dialogue Health Technologies Inc. The report polled more than 13,000 employees and assessed their responses across five dimensions of well-being, including mood, stress, sleep, activeness and sense of purpose. It […]
More than a third (36 per cent) of Canadian employees say they feel overwhelmed with responsibilities or commitments, according to Telus Health’s latest mental-health index. The survey, which polled roughly 3,000 employees, found the average mental-health score was 63.1, virtually unchanged from January (63.2). Anxiety (55.6) continued to be the lowest mental-health sub-score, followed by […]