After moving to the U.S. from South Korea at age six, Jenny Jang found it challenging to navigate through school and her first jobs. “In all of the environments I was in, I was always a minority,” Jang said. “Coming to the U.S., I didn’t have a road map for me. And I couldn’t ask […]
While microaggressions — intentional or unintentional verbal or nonverbal acts toward a person that reinforces stereotypes — are unfortunately common in many workplaces, the municipal government of Dufferin County is taking several measures to minimize these incidents. “The word ‘micro’ doesn’t give these aggressions the kind of weight they deserve, because they are very impactful […]
Roughly a third of employees say their colleagues are less collaborative (29 per cent) and more confrontational (28 per cent) compared to three years ago, according to a new survey by the Harris Poll on behalf of Express Services Inc. The survey, which polled more than 500 employers and more than 500 employees, found the […]
While the majority (86 per cent) of Black Canadians feel their employer has created a more equitable workplace for Black employees, there’s still room for improvement, according to a new survey by KPMG in Canada. The survey, which polled more than 800 Black employees, found three-quarters (75 per cent) feel valued and respected in the […]
While generation Z and millennial employees report the highest levels of satisfaction from flexible working arrangements, employees across all generations have increasingly embraced flexible work over the last five years, says Sandra Lavoy, regional vice-president at Robert Half Canada. “The pandemic completely shifted expectations and sentiments in the workplace and many people in older generations […]
When Nikelle Inman started a new job coaching first-generation college students, she looked forward to meeting with them one-on-one to talk about how to surmount obstacles and find resources to succeed. Instead, she and her fellow success coaches at a community college in North Carolina spent a year mired in paperwork, tasked with reviewing applications […]
Friendship among employees can yield several benefits for employers, including supporting their attraction and retention strategies, according to a new survey by the Harris Poll on behalf of Express Services Inc. The survey, which polled more than 500 Canadian employees and more than 500 employers, found more than eight in 10 (85 per cent) employers […]
The cumulative cost of mental illness is estimated to reach $2.5 trillion by 2041, according to a report by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation. The coronavirus pandemic led many to seek out help, which subsequently increased mental-health costs. “We saw people who were obviously quite isolated,” says Dr. Donna Ferguson, a clinical […]
While more than two-thirds of global companies say they’ve implemented a formal policy requiring employees to be in the office for a minimum number of days each week, fewer than five per cent of organizations say they completely prohibit remote work, according to a new survey by WTW. It found most companies require employees to […]
When the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, companies across Canada scrambled to shift their employees to home setups. For the dozen or so staff at Edmonton-based technology company Punchcard Systems, the new reality meant figuring out new patterns of how to communicate as they would have at their downtown office. […]
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