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73% of plan members agree their work environment supports mental wellness: survey

Sadie Janes — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:00:02 +0000

Three-quarters (73 per cent) of benefits plan members agree — 22 per cent strongly — their workplace environment supports mental wellness, according to the 2023 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey. It found this percentage increased to 86 per cent among plan members who also reported a workplace wellness culture, compared to just 30 per cent for those without […]

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Just 13% of employees exercising to improve mental health: survey

bwolfe — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 13:00:45 +0000

While the majority (81 per cent) of Canadian employees say physical activity has a positive effect on their mental health, just 13 per cent say they exercise to improve or maintain their mental well-being, according to Telus Health’s latest mental-health index. The survey, which polled more than 3,000 workers, found a third (33 per cent) […]

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Physical health, work-life balance and ability to retire top concerns for Canadian employees: survey

Jennifer Paterson — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:00:58 +0000

Canadian employees’ top concerns are physical health and fitness, work load and work-life balance, ability to retire and mental health, according to a new survey by Mercer Canada. The survey, which polled 1,000 Canadian employees, found lower-wage workers were most worried about their ability to retire, followed by physical health and fitness and mental health. […]

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B.C. municipality supporting employee fitness with new wellness program

bwolfe — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:00:15 +0000

Employees of the municipal government of East Kootenay, B.C., are staying active during their workday through a new physical wellness program. The program, run by fitness organization ParticipACTION, allows employers to create teams of employees to take part in daily self-managed fitness routines and a series of Canada-wide challenges throughout the year, the latter of […]

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Plan sponsors, members embracing virtual health-care services: survey

bwolfe — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:00:53 +0000

Roughly two-fifths (41 per cent) of plan sponsors reported offering virtual health-care services through their benefits plan, according to the 2021 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey. Among these plan sponsors, 33 per cent said they paid extra to add virtual care to their plan, while 67 per cent said it was part of their standard plan at […]

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59% of expat employees want employers to prioritize physical well-being: survey

mdunne — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:15:37 +0000

More than half (59 per cent) of expatriate employees want employers to prioritize physical well-being when constructing or choosing health-care packages and benefits, according to a new survey by Aetna Inc. The survey, which polled 1,000 expats from Germany, Mexico, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, also found that those with children aged 16 and under favoured […]

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SAP Canada increasing virtual wellness offerings amid pandemic

bwolfe — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:00:55 +0000

SAP Canada Inc. is accelerating the expansion of virtual wellness offerings through its benefits package amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The pandemic has essentially pressed fast-forward on a direction that the market was already going,” says Megan Smith, vice-president and head of human resources at the software company. “It forced the issue of remote work, causing employers […]

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Citigroup stretching into virtual fitness programming amid pandemic

mschmit — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 05:30:06 +0000

This time of year, Citigroup Inc.’s fitness centre would likely usually be packed with New Year’s resolutioners working out and catching up with colleagues. Not this January. The company’s Mississauga, Ont., fitness centre was a popular place for its employees to break a sweat together. But when the coronavirus pandemic halted in-person activities last March, the […]

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2020 CAP Suppliers Report: Stretching into the financial wellness space

mschmit — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 04:56:59 +0000

In the old days, employers would often gather employees in a dusty conference room and pass around a box of Timbits while talking at a sea of bored and confused faces about the importance of retirement savings. Not anymore. These days, many capital accumulation plan sponsors and insurers are pivoting away from dull information sessions […]

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Seneca College’s EAP schooling remote workers on fitness

mschmit — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 05:00:16 +0000

As remote working continues amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Seneca College is increasingly promoting employee fitness. “Employee fitness has always been a high priority for us, but with the pandemic we’ve been talking about it even more,” says Felisha Ali, project and program coordinator for leadership and employee development at Seneca. She says staff have […]

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