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Deadline extended for the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards

Sadie Janes — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 13:00:23 +0000

Benefits Canada is extending the deadline for entering the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards to Friday, July 5 at 5 p.m. EST. The original industry awards program has been recognizing employers and plan sponsors for more than 20 years, highlighting their innovative approaches to supporting the mental, physical and financial well-being of their employees. Enter the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards […]

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Report finds critical lack of workplace support for menopausal employees

Sadie Janes — Thu, 02 May 2024 13:00:44 +0000

While menopause impacts more than half of the workforce, there’s a critical lack of support in the workplace for women employees experiencing health issues related to menopause, according to a new report by McLean & Co. Menopause is a natural stage of life with symptoms that can vary greatly, including emotional symptoms like anxiety and […]

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Meridian focusing on flexibility, mentorship to promote gender equity, female leadership

Sadie Janes — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:00:15 +0000

Meridian Credit Union is focusing on flexibility and mentorship to promote gender equity and female leadership in the historically male-dominated financial industry. According to the Canadian Credit Union Association, in 2023, only eight per cent of Fortune 500 chief executive officers were women. However, at Canada’s credit unions, 30 per cent of CEOs/general managers were […]

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93% of employees believe well-being is equally important to salary: survey

Sadie Janes — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:00:49 +0000

The majority (93 per cent) of global employees believe well-being is equally important to salary, a significant increase of 10 per cent year over year, according to a recent survey by Gympass. The survey, which polled more than 5,100 employees, found 87 per cent said they’d consider leaving a company that doesn’t focus on employee […]

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Women represent a quarter of C-suite leaders in North America: report

Sadie Janes — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:00:51 +0000

Women represent roughly a quarter of C-suite leaders in North America, while women of colour represent just one in 16, according to a report by McKinsey & Company. The report, which was based on research from more than 270 companies in the U.S. and Canada, found women of colour faced the steepest drop-off in representation […]

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49% of Fortune 500 leaders are women, people from underrepresented backgrounds: survey

Sadie Janes — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:00:08 +0000

Half (49 per cent) of C-suite leaders at Fortune 500 companies are women (40 per cent) and people from historically under-represented ethnic and racial backgrounds (16 per cent), including nine in 10 (89 per cent) chief inclusion and diversity officers and a fifth (19 per cent) of chief operating officers, according to a new survey […]

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