Wellness has long been central to employee life at Lakeside Process Controls Ltd. in Mississauga, Ont. That long-standing commitment led to the company’s win for best health and wellness program for an employer with fewer than 1,000 staff at Benefits Canada’s 2017 Workplace Benefits Awards in Toronto last week. Every year, Lakeside Process Controls develops a […]
Amid the growing focus on reconciliation, Manulife Financial Corp. has worked with the Ontario government and Indigenous groups to create a ceremonial medicine garden at its headquarters in Toronto. The garden was dedicated at a ceremony on Monday at the company’s offices at 200 Bloor St. E. The space will grow sage and sweetgrass to use […]
As employee engagement garners more attention as a key performance indicator, it’s also weaving its way into the way employers design and construct their workplace policies and benefits programs. There are many compelling reasons why organizations focus their attention on employee engagement. There’s clear evidence that high engagement leads to improved organizational results, such as […]
The Michael Garron Hospital is adding to its diversity and inclusion program by creating a gender diversity policy to support employees in the workplace and help them from a patient-care perspective. The Toronto hospital began developing its diversity and inclusion program with employee training around lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities in 2014 and […]
How does an employer go about creating a mental-health strategy? In the case of Ontario’s Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, it brought its own employees into the conversation. Speaking during an event hosted by Manulife Financial Corp. in Toronto on Thurday, Lilian Riad-Allen, a senior consultant for the mental health and wellness program at the […]
When illness or disability strikes an employee, it can disrupt the whole team. It’s important for every employer to put an integrated structure and sound disability policy in place, so there’s no ambiguity around the process and the claimant can receive care promptly and integrate back into the workforce quickly. When it comes to handling […]
Quebec-based Rideau Recognition Inc. is rolling out a 30-day workplace health challenge for employers that use its new workplace wellness and health education app. The health challenge, which begins Oct. 2, is open to any employer that offers the organization’s Vistance Wellness app to its employees. The winning company will receive $2,500 to donate to […]
No individual employer is going to change the reality of an aging demographic or generational attitudes, but there are several things organizations can do to make work more satisfying for younger employees, a professor told participants at an event in Halifax on Tuesday. Speaking at Benefits Canada‘s 2017 Halifax Benefits Summit, Karen Foster, an associate professor […]
While the majority of Canadian employers agree on the benefits of having a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace, only half measure the impact of their diversity and inclusion programs, according to a new report by the Royal Bank of Canada and the Institute for Canadian Citizenship. The report, which surveyed 64 organizations employing 1.2 […]
A third (34 per cent) of U.S. employers offer a paid-time-off program to employees instead of separate banks for vacation, personal leave and sick time, according to new research by the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans. The survey, which gathered insight from nearly 500 employers in the U.S., found employers are offering these types […]