Forty per cent of Canadian advertising and marketing managers said a compressed work week would increase employee productivity, according to a new report by the Creative Group. The survey, which polled more than 200 decision-makers in the marketing and advertising industries, found 68 per cent said attending to non-work-related tasks while on company time should also be […]
A new study in the Journal of Applied Psychology looked at the underlying negative effects of longer legislated maternity leaves on a woman’s career. Defining leaves as one year and longer, the study referred to recent legislation in Canada and Scandinavian countries that encourages prolonged time off for new parents. It looked at the perceived negative effects of longer leaves […]
The option for employees to work remotely is becoming more common, with just three per cent of global office workers reporting they’ve never worked from home, according to a survey by LogMeIn Inc. The survey, which polled 3,000 global office workers, found 42 per cent of respondents said their life would be negatively affected if they were no […]
A large U.S. meatpacker has agreed to pay $1.5 million to 138 Somali-American Muslim workers who were fired from their jobs at a Colorado plant after they were refused prayer breaks, a federal anti-discrimination agency said last week. Cargill Meat Solutions, a division of Minnesota-based agribusiness company Cargill Corp., also agreed to train managers and hourly […]
Emboldened by the #MeToo movement, McDonald’s workers have voted to stage a one-day strike next week at restaurants in 10 cities in hopes of pressuring management to take stronger steps against on-the-job sexual harassment. Organizers say it will be the first multistate strike in the U.S. specifically targeting sexual harassment. Plans for the walkout — to […]
Manulife Financial Corp. has appointed Pamela Kimmet to the role of chief human resources officer, effective Oct. 1. Kimmet most recently served as chief HR officer for Cardinal Health Inc. Previously, she led HR at Coca-Cola Ltd., Bear Stearns Companies Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc., and held strategic HR positions at Citigroup Inc. and General Motors Co. She has also […]
British Columbia’s Court of Appeal has upheld an award of five months’ notice for an employee with only 12 months of service who was terminated without cause. “The case is an important reminder to employers that notice obligations on termination can be significant even for short-term employees,” says David McInnes, an employment and labour lawyer […]
Almost two-thirds (65 per cent) of American employees said they’d be more productive working from home than in an office setting, according to a new survey by FlexJobs. The survey, which polled more than 3,o00 Americans, found the reasons included fewer distractions (75 per cent), fewer interruptions from colleagues (74 per cent), less commuting stress (71 per cent) […]
Looking at the habits of Canadian workers during their lunch breaks, a new survey found nearly half (49 per cent) surf the web or browse social media, while 45 per cent socialize with their co-workers. The OfficeTeam survey, which polled more than 500 office workers, also found 38 per cent of respondents use their lunch break to […]
Whether employees work on-site or remotely, they prefer their employers and colleagues show appreciation through kind words, according to a new survey by Appreciation at Work. The survey, which polled 130,000 U.S. workers, found almost half (48 per cent) of on-site employees and more than a third (38 per cent) of remote workers preferred words of […]