Nearly half (49 per cent) of executive leaders say financial stress often or very often prevents their frontline workers from doing their best work, according to a new survey by Dayforce Inc. The survey, which polled more than 6,900 workers, managers and executives from companies with frontline workers across the globe, found 62 per cent of […]
Half (50 per cent) of Canadian employees say they’re planning to search for a new job in the second half of 2024, up from 41 per cent during the same period last year, according to a new survey by Robert Half Canada Inc. The survey, which polled 600 workers and more than 200 hiring managers, […]
Six in 10 (59 per cent) Canadians with an employer-sponsored pension plan say they feel somewhat or very well prepared for retirement, compared to only 34 per cent of respondents without a workplace pension plan, according to a new survey by the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan. The survey, which polled 2,000 Canadian employees, found fewer than […]
The gender pay gap in Canada’s technology sector almost tripled between 2016 and 2021, amounting to the average salary of a woman in the industry being about $20,000 less than her male counterpart, according to a new report by researchers at The Dais, a public policy organization based at Toronto Metropolitan University. The report, which […]
Nearly three-quarters (72 per cent) of U.S. employees are choosing to stay with their employers, a significant change from 2022 when 53 per cent were looking to leave, according to a new survey by WTW. The survey, which polled 10,000 U.S. workers, found, while a quarter were open to offers in 2022, only 11 per […]
A fifth (20 per cent) of U.S. employees say contributing to their savings account has been their biggest financial worry in the last 12 months, according to a new survey by career website Zety.com. The survey, which polled 1,000 workers, found respondents have also been struggling with maintaining the same standard of living as they had […]
The majority (83 per cent) of U.S. employees in a remote working arrangement say they’d be encouraged to return to the office if their commute was paid by their employer, according to a new survey by software company Ringover. The survey, which polled more than 1,000 workers, found a majority of employees would also willingly […]
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 […]
Nearly half (49 per cent) of Canadian job postings on Indeed.com in February 2024 featured pay information, up from 22 per cent in early 2019, according to a report by the job search website’s Hiring Lab research centre. The report, which extracted pay information from job postings published on the website, found among postings that included pay […]
Increased sensitivity around executive bonus compensation is pushing employers to prioritize transparency and communication when explaining why bonuses were awarded. The compensation method has seen increased scrutiny after Catherine Tait, CBC/Radio-Canada’s president and chief executive officer, didn’t rule out the deployment of management bonuses right after the public broadcaster announced last December it was cutting […]