At Mars Inc., every day is a take-your-dog-to-work day. The food manufacturer allows employees to regularly bring their dogs into its three office locations in Canada and provides several benefits to pet owners. The company’s headquarters in Bolton, Ont., have a courtyard where dogs can run and play, and employees can take eight hours of […]
Hey Dan, wanna walk down to the boardwalk again?” It’s a muggy June night in New Liskeard, Ont., where my boyfriend is working for the summer, and we’re on a final stroll before my overnight bus ride back to Toronto. I still haven’t packed or eaten dinner but I’m desperate to keep walking. According to […]
When Richard Cayer’s car was stolen in April, he didn’t expect his employer to get involved, much less help him cope with the situation financially. But that’s exactly what B.C. moving company BigSteelBox Corp. did when it granted Cayer $1,500 through an employee-led compassion fund that helps staff members cope with emergencies and unexpected financial challenges. […]
Canadian employees can expect another modest pay increase in 2018, according to a new survey by Willis Towers Watson. The survey, which polled more than 300 Canadian employers, found the vast majority (94 per cent) are projecting base salary increases for some or all employee groups in 2018, up slightly from 90 per cent in […]
Forget the standard eight-hour workday. An employer in Victoria lets employees work in the office for only five hours a day. Employees at digital marketing agency RingPartner Inc. must be in the office from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., but they’re free to decide where, when and how they’ll work the rest of the workday. While […]
While 81 per cent of employees said open-space office environments support collaboration, they also noted at least some privacy contributes to a more productive, less stressful work space, according to new research by Robert Half Canada Inc. Despite these findings, only 35 per cent of the 500 workers surveyed said their employers offer work spaces […]
Ontario’s standing committee on finance and economic affairs has passed a number of amendments to a bill aimed at boosting the province’s workplace standards legislation, including two changes concerning leave related to domestic and sexual violence. If the legislature passes the amendments, Bill 148 will include a new section providing for domestic or sexual violence […]
An arbitrator has ordered Yellow Pages Group Co. to pay an employee $102,000 for breaching a collective agreement and an additional $15,000 for a Human Rights Code violation after finding the company discriminated against the worker when it refused to grant a voluntary severance package because of her relative youth and instead favoured older, “pension eligible” […]
The third episode of Benefits Canada‘s new podcast, Human Resourcefulness, looks at the role of the human resources manager through Toby Flenderson of The Office. Our experts are blunt — the passive and indiscrete Toby isn’t great at his job. But what do you do when a Toby walks off the screen and into your office? Priya Sarin […]
While many employers promote work-life balance, 25 per cent of Canadians have left a job due to stress and 17 per cent have considered making an exit, according to a new survey by Monster Canada. The online recruiter, which polled more than 1,000 working Canadians, found 58 per cent said they’re overworked. Two-thirds (65 per […]