Employees’ online searches for burnout signs and symptoms are up 50 per cent worldwide in 2024, according to a new study by Instant Offices. The global study, which analyzed trends across 30 major cities, found Toronto workers had one of the highest burnout rates worldwide when looking at online sentiment, with 710 burnout term searches […]
An article on incoming changes to Nova Scotia’s provincial Pension Benefits Act was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Nova Scotia to allow unlocking of pension benefits 2. Alberta government fires AIMCo CEO, board, citing rising costs and poor […]
Nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of Canadian employers have reduced the size of their office footprint by embracing hybrid work and allowing employees to work in office and co-working spaces closer to where they live, according to a new survey by International Workplace Group PLC. The survey, which polled more than 250 Canadian employers, found […]
While Canadian privacy laws allow employers to track employees in a remote or hybrid working arrangement, this surveillance must be related to their job. “Employers have a proper and reasonable right to supervise their employees and ensure they’re doing their jobs and doing them safely,” says David Young, principal at David Young Law. “The flip […]
All generations of Canadian workers say a hybrid working arrangement is most conducive to productivity and job satisfaction, according to a new survey by Humi. The survey, which polled more than 500 employees, found generation Z (44 per cent), generation X (30.5 per cent) and baby boomers (30 per cent) prefer mostly in-office days with […]
TMX Group Ltd. was the winner at Benefits Canada’s 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards for its diligent approach to mapping out a future workplace that leaves the one-size-fits-all office in the past. The financial services company was this year’s winner in the Future of Work Strategy category for its hybrid-first way of working experiment, which was designed to […]
Nearly nine in 10 (88 per cent) Canadian small- and medium-sized employers say they’re experiencing challenges finding skilled talent, according to a new survey by Robert Half Canada. The survey, which polled more than 400 Canadian SMEs, found their top concerns were retaining top talent (82 per cent), finding talent quickly (77 per cent), finding […]
The Regional Municipality of Peel is enhancing its communication strategy with its employee service centre, says Deborah Arsenault, the regional government’s chief human resources officer. The platform, which launched at the end of August, is hosted on Peel Region’s employee intranet and provides workers with information on their benefits plan, payroll and workplace policies. According […]
Although jobs that involve working remotely have been around for decades in some form or another, the coronavirus pandemic brought them front and centre. There are several issues regarding salary and these working arrangements. The first is whether such jobs should be paid the same as the same job in the office. Generally, hybrid and remote […]
Employers that mandate employees return to a five-day, in-office workweek may see workers resigning or ‘quiet quitting,’ says Dror Poleg, an economic historian and former technology and private equity executive. Last month, Andy Jassy, Amazon.com Inc.’s chief executive officer, announced in a memo that employees will be required to work from the office five days […]