As part of her compensation package, Tiffany DaSilva, senior online marketing manager with Achievers in Toronto, earns points for reaching certain goals. Points are given for meeting sales targets or saving the company money, or for doing something that demonstrates the company’s core values. Employees often trade those points for things such as a flat-screen TV or a high-end blender, but DaSilva had her eye on something a little different—she swapped her points for her newest family member, a miniature Chihuahua named Zooey.
Considering the importance of communication as a performance driver for employee engagement, plan sponsors with culturally diverse workplaces should give special consideration to the language they use to communicate with their plan members.
Research has shown that employees who are happy at work perform better. And workplace culture has a huge impact on how people feel about their jobs. To recognize employers that put stock in the importance of corporate culture, Waterstone Human Capital created a national program that recognizes Canadian organizations for having a culture that has helped them enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage.
Workplace wellness has gained a considerable amount of momentum in the Canadian marketplace. A lot of organizations have already implemented programs to promote employee health with many more are developing strategies. Still, there are those employers that continue to resist in this area, on the basis that the return on investment is not clear.
New survey results suggest employees are starting to recognize the value of an employer-sponsored pension plan, with more workers saying they’d sacrifice a portion of their pay for a secure pension plan and others saying it’s a top factor to consider before joining an organization.
While many companies have codified a set of values by which to operate, not all are able to articulate those values in a way that gets employees to connect with them in a meaningful manner. But Dan Bruinooge, chief people and corporate services officer with Servus Credit Union, knows that employees at all levels of the organization understand and believe in Servus’s values—because they wrote them together.
If one of the most effective ways to control costs is to have employees become better consumers, then they need to understand the benefits available to them. And while having an easy-to-understand plan is important, it’s only one part of the process.
In honour of Benefits Canada’s 35th anniversary, we took the opportunity to go back to the source to explore why employers offer employee benefits programs. Our research looks at the past, present and future of employee benefits—and shows how much senior business leaders value them. Cost concerns and the desire to more directly connect investment […]
Benefits Canada chatted with Amber (Mac) MacArthur—a consultant, television host and journalist specializing in technology and social media—about how employers can make the most of social media.
Canada’s economic growth may be looking slow according to the latest numbers from the Bank of Canada—bringing with it the expectation that job growth will also be modest for the remainder of the year. But those already in the workforce should be able to rest easy, according to a survey by Right Management.