As the topic of telecommuting becomes fodder for discussion and debate following Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to end the practice at the California-based company, a new survey indicates that most employees and more than half of business leaders believe telecommuting can be beneficial.
It’s Catch-22: Depression and other mental health issues can seriously impact the workplace, and the workplace can have a serious impact on an employee’s mental health.
Employers are starting to pay more attention to workplace culture and what goes into creating a positive one. Here are a few articles we found on what can happen when we go too far down that road.
Jennifer Allen, vice-president, HR programs and corporate communications, with Economical Insurance Group, says you don’t need to have a large budget and many resources to put a wellness program in place.
Katherine Sheehan, assistant vice-president, HR, with Dalhousie University, says that the institution’s organizational health initiative is starting to show results.
More demands, fewer resources—this is the way of today’s working world. As an employer, how you deal with this reality could be the difference between a prospering company and one that is burdened with high turnover rates and absenteeism issues.
Violence happens in the workplace. The incident at the Empire State building on Friday morning in which a fired employee opened fire on a former colleague is a grim reminder that employers need to have a plan in place should something happen, but also strategies for preventing issues escalating to such extreme levels.
British Columbia is the most recent province to take a stand against workplace bullying. Amendments to the province’s Workers Compensation Act came into effect on July 1—meaning employers could now be on the financial hook for emotionally harmful work environments. The new legislation amends the act’s definitions of harassment and injury, and enables workers suffering […]
Nearly two-thirds of employees rate the stress level in their workplace as high, according to a survey of more than 450 North American employees by Right Management.
October is Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month (CHWM)—an annual celebration designed to promote workplace health and recognize employers that are promoting healthy workplaces. CHWM is presented by Great-West Life and managed by Excellence Canada (formerly the National Quality Institute) in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. The theme for October 2011 is […]