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Domtar hosts total reward week to raise employee benefits awareness

Domtar hosts total reward week to raise employee benefits awareness

Domtar Corp. hosted its first total reward week at its Canadian head office in Montreal at the end of September to help employees understand their…

How to confront incivility in the workplace

How to confront incivility in the workplace

Incivility in the workplace is a much larger issue than most employers realize and should be addressed in every organization in some capacity. In most…

  • November 11, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:19
Convergint Technologies hosts No Spender November effort to boost financial awareness

Convergint Technologies hosts No Spender November effort to boost financial awareness

Convergint Technologies is hosting what it calls a No Spender November effort this month to encourage its employees to be more aware about their individual…

My Take: Personal finance should be a mandatory course in high school

My Take: Personal finance should be a mandatory course in high school

If you ask me what I remember from taking the careers course in Grade 10, I would only be able to recall that a quiz…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • November 10, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:58
Have your say: Is it OK for employees to call in sick via text and social media messaging?

Have your say: Is it OK for employees to call in sick via text and social media messaging?

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…

  • By: Staff
  • October 25, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:05
Victoria airport highlights total health for Healthy Workplace Month

Victoria airport highlights total health for Healthy Workplace Month

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.…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • October 12, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:30
My Take: Employers don’t need a reason for flexible work requests

My Take: Employers don’t need a reason for flexible work requests

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,…

Should employees be able to report sickness via text, social media?

Should employees be able to report sickness via text, social media?

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.…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • October 4, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:48
Labour deal lets Canada Post workers keep DB plan for at least two more years

Labour deal lets Canada Post workers keep DB plan for at least two more years

The stop-gap deal between Canada Post Corp. and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers includes maintaining the defined benefit pension plan for all current and…

Ontario Teachers’ to outsource 108 IT positions

Ontario Teachers’ to outsource 108 IT positions

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is coming under criticism for a plan to outsource 108 technology jobs. The move will outsource 35 bargaining unit positions,…

Trust, involvement and developing staff the keys to boosting employee engagement

Trust, involvement and developing staff the keys to boosting employee engagement

With studies showing low levels of employee engagement, it’s striking that so few people are really engaged and intrinsically motivated to perform the jobs they…

Personality-based seating charts boost productivity: study

Personality-based seating charts boost productivity: study

Rearranging where staff members sit can be one of the easiest ways to boost employee performance by up to 15 per cent, according to research…

  • By: Staff
  • July 29, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00
Employers and staff disagree on top cause of workplace stress: survey

Employers and staff disagree on top cause of workplace stress: survey

While 85 per cent of Canadian employers rank stress as the top health and productivity concern in their workplace, employers and employees disagreed on its…

  • By: Staff
  • June 30, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 10:15
Canadian employees more engaged than Americans: study

Canadian employees more engaged than Americans: study

Engagement levels among Canadian employees stagnated at 69 per cent between 2014 and 2015, according to Aon Hewitt’s global employee engagement report, while the U.S.…

Stay interviews touted as better way to address staff concerns

Stay interviews touted as better way to address staff concerns

Sitting through an exit interview can be like meeting a partner you’re about to end a relationship with. It’s awkward but it’s necessary for closure.…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • June 21, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:21
Why video is today’s hottest communication tool

Why video is today’s hottest communication tool

Let’s face it: no one really wants to spend precious time reading about their pension and benefit plans. Pensions and benefits are boring, and sometimes…

How to support new immigrants at work

How to support new immigrants at work

I recently watched U.K.-based CNN anchor Hala Gorani—born in the U.S. to Syrian parents and raised in Algeria and France—give a graduation speech at George…

How to find out if your employees are happy

How to find out if your employees are happy

Annual employee engagement surveys aren’t enough—you have to poll more often

How to build employee trust

How to build employee trust

Build your employees’ trust in the strategic planning process with four key questions