Umbra Applied Technologies Group Inc. has introduced a new paid leave program for its employees. The defense company, headquartered in Tampa, Fla., will provide employees with up to 10 days’ paid bereavement leave to grieve an extended family member and up to four weeks of paid leave to care for a sick relative. It has […]
The federal government is moving ahead with extending employment insurance parental benefits to 18 months and is creating a new 15-week benefit for caregivers. According to Wednesday’s budget announcement, the changes to parental benefits would allow parents to choose to receive employment insurance parental benefits over an extended period of up to 18 months at a lower benefit […]
There has been much in the news these days about concussions in sports. But concussions and traumatic brain injuries can occur on or off the sports field and can have an impact on the workplace. “For traumatic brain injury or concussion, there isn’t any common pattern,” says Sil Cabral, director of group life and disability […]
Facebook has doubled its bereavement leave offerings, allowing employees up to 20 paid days of leave when an immediate family member passes away, and up to 10 days following an extended family member’s death. “People should be able both to work and be there for their families,” chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg wrote in a […]
Almost half (46 per cent) of employees report they or their colleagues have taken time off after an organizational change, according to new research by Morneau Shepell. Its survey of 1,018 employers and employees across the country found most employee respondents reacted negatively to organizational change: 40 per cent said it adversely impacted their health and well-being […]
A local union in Alberta has secured domestic violence leave for employees who work at a long-term care facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. The new three-year agreement for staff at Rivercrest Care Centre includes terms about domestic violence leave, according to a press release issued by the United Steelworkers. “New provisions on domestic violence leave are […]