When 3sHealth wanted to look at its dental plan design, prescription drug deductibles and the impact of new benefit enhancements, the first step was to…
Can return-to-work efforts be strategic as well as tactical? If an employee is off work due to injury or illness, isn’t it a simple matter…
The federal government is investing $869,000 in a workplace wellness project that aims to engage 6,000 employees at nine Montreal-area companies in health promotion. The…
Over the past 15 years, 11 seasonal employees at the City of Toronto earned more on long-term disability leave than they did while working, assistant…
Health services provider St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton knows a thing or two about catering to the health needs of its patients, but it also knows…
When employees at Edmonton-based utilities company EPCOR Utilities Inc. get sick, they simply call the company’s reporting line where a case manager offers to connect…
While text messaging has become a relatively common practice in today’s workplace, some employers are still hesitant about receiving notice of an absence through text…
Victoria Airport Authority is focusing on its employees’ total health as it hosts a number of events and programs for Healthy Workplace Month in October.…
After hearing in May that the federal government was consulting with Canadians on bringing the right to request flexible working to all federally regulated employees,…
RBC Insurance has signed an agreement with Best Doctors Canada to include a mental-health support and advocacy program in its group disability insurance. The program,…
In the pursuit of top talent, employers are becoming more flexible when it comes to employee time off, according to a new report by the…
Employers have always depended on the public health system to treat their employees in a timely manner. However, because of health cutbacks and the resulting…
One of the more surprising results from the Morneau Shepell research report into workplace mental-health priorities for 2016 was the fact that almost 75 per…
Employees at Lakeside Process Controls Ltd., a process automation company based in Mississauga, Ont., sometimes call in sick by sending text messages to their managers.…
Nearly three-quarters (72 per cent) of Canadian organizations have a formal drug and alcohol policy in place, but just 32 per cent evaluate the effectiveness…
Workplace depression collectively costs Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa and the United States more than US$246 billion each year, according to a…
The Canadian economy loses $47.6 billion each year due to poor productivity from employees with depression ($32.3 billion) and anxiety ($17.3 billion), according to a…
With 30 per cent of all disability claims now related to a mental illness and the numbers continuing to rise, are we making headway in…
While positive reinforcement in the form of bonuses, pay raises and awards is a common human resource tool, does it work when it comes to…
About 70 administrative employees at the B.C. Nurses’ Union went on strike Friday after their employer locked them out for an hour. While there are disagreements about…
Fanatical users of Pokémon Go are eager to catch all of the monsters they can, even if it means looking for a Charmander under a colleague’s…
Two-thirds (66 per cent) of U.S. employers have experienced a return on investment on their efforts to boost employee health and performance, according to a…
As we all well know, one of the top reasons for an organization to implement a workplace wellness program is to reduce the costs associated…
While some employers have responded to employee requests for more workplace flexibility by offering unlimited vacation time, professional services firm KPMG has taken a different…
When Sandy Coughlin first joined B.C. health provider Providence Health Care in 1996, she didn’t see herself as much of a numbers person. Two decades…