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How Microsoft uses social media to improve employee collaboration

How Microsoft uses social media to improve employee collaboration

It’s sometimes difficult for employees to communicate in a large company. But Microsoft Canada thinks it has found a solution using enterprise social media.

Do employees have too much freedom?

I read last month that Netflix is once again pushing the envelope by offering U.S. workers unlimited paid maternity or paternity leave during the first…

Technical recession expected to be short-lived

Technical recession expected to be short-lived

Economists say data out this week is likely to show that Canada slipped into a technical recession in the second quarter, but the contraction should…

Life and health insurance industry sees strong growth

Life and health insurance industry sees strong growth

Canada's life and health industry continued its trajectory of strong growth, despite the climate of prolonged low interest rates and slower growth of the Canadian…

  • By: Staff
  • August 31, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:58

Automatic savings improves retirement confidence

Pre-retirees in the United States report a high level of confidence when their savings are on auto-pilot, a survey finds.

  • By: Staff
  • August 31, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:51
Long-term care worries aging Canadians

Long-term care worries aging Canadians

What worries aging Canadians as they prepare for long-term care?

  • By: Staff
  • August 31, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:27
Supplemental CPP unnecessary: IIAC

Supplemental CPP unnecessary: IIAC

The Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC) questions whether a CPP supplement is needed, given the saving options already available to investors.

  • By: Staff
  • August 31, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:12
10 cheap places to retire abroad

10 cheap places to retire abroad

Retiring abroad seems like a luxurious and expensive option for many, but depending on where you go, it can be much cheaper than most places…

  • By: Staff
  • August 31, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 10:57
Canadian women more likely than men to get a raise

Canadian women more likely than men to get a raise

Although more Canadian women are unhappy with their pay than men, they are more likely to get a raise—if they’d only ask for one. These…

  • By: Staff
  • August 28, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 12:02
How one company gamifies corporate training

How one company gamifies corporate training

Ontario-based e-learning provider Axonify has a platform that offers employers gamified corporate training. Read: Gamification is here to stay Some of the video games are…

  • By: Staff
  • August 28, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:36
4 ways to improve Canadian healthcare

4 ways to improve Canadian healthcare

Healthcare is the purview of the provinces in Canada, but health leadership—setting big-picture goals, helping achieve best practices across the country and providing long-term, sustainable…

How the Vancouver Aquarium motivates its staff

How the Vancouver Aquarium motivates its staff

The Vancouver Aquarium is teeming not only with diverse marine life but also with diverse staff. It has 253 full and part-time employees—from scientists and…

Salaries projected to rise 2.4% in 2016

Salaries projected to rise 2.4% in 2016

Canadians can expect to see average base salary increases of 2.4% in 2016, a Hay Group survey finds.

  • By: Staff
  • August 27, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:32

Survey finds 56% of Canadian workers reporting reduced productivity due to financial concerns

More than half (56 per cent) of Canadian employees say they’re less productive at work due to financial concerns, according to a new survey by…

  • By: Staff
  • September 27, 2024 September 27, 2024
  • 15:00

Caisse buying 25% stake in U.K. electricity firm, investing in forestland portfolio

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is acquiring a 25 per cent stake in U.K.-based First Hydro Co. alongside Brookfield Asset Management and…

  • By: Staff
  • September 27, 2024 September 26, 2024
  • 15:00

Canadians with employer-sponsored health benefits 20% more likely to seek care when needed: survey

Canadians with an employer-provided benefits plan are 20 per cent more likely to seek care when needed and 25 per cent more likely to report…

  • By: Staff
  • September 27, 2024 September 26, 2024
  • 09:00

HOOPP’s Jeff Wendling retiring in 2025

Jeff Wendling, president and chief executive officer at the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, will be retiring in 2025 after more than 25 years with…

  • By: Staff
  • September 26, 2024 September 26, 2024
  • 11:00

How are Canadian DB pension plan sponsors making use of surplus funds amid positive funded status environment?

With many Canadian defined benefit pension plans in a strong funded position, plan sponsors, particularly those with unionized workforces, are increasingly discussing the use of…

Gov’t seeking feedback on solvency reserve accounts for federally regulated DB pension plans

The federal government is currently seeking recommendations about its plan to introduce solvency reserve accounts for federally regulated defined benefit pension plans. Under the government’s…

  • By: Staff
  • September 26, 2024 September 24, 2024
  • 11:00