What’s the future of health benefits in Canada? A hybrid model of core coverage and personalized benefits is a likely scenario, speakers at an event in Toronto said on Wednesday. “Our vision is really a hybrid model, where you have this traditional benefit program there to support your employee should something happen, something unpredictable that […]
With the #MeToo movement in full swing in recent months, criminal lawyer Marie Henein crystallized what needs to change at an event in Toronto recently. “The baseline must be changed,” Henein, a criminal lawyer and partner at Henein Hutchinson LLP, said at a University of Toronto lecture in February. “Women must be entitled to go […]
Canadians spend an average of almost 10 hours each day, excluding sleep time, being sedentary. That counts as risky behaviour given studies that have linked sitting more than four hours a day to a number of long-term health risks, such as heart disease, diabetes and back pain. But when that inactivity is largely the result […]
Commuting is a part of daily life for almost 16 million Canadians, with the average person spending 24 minutes driving or 45 minutes on public transit to get to work, according to figures from the 2016 census. The roads are, of course, getting busier as the number of commuters has grown by 3.7 million over […]
Almost 40 per cent of Canadian employees are suffering sleepless nights due to work-related anxiety, according to a survey by staffing firm Accountemps. The survey, which asked more than 500 Canadian employees how often they lose sleep over work, found just 12 per cent of respondents said they never lose sleep over work. Of those who do miss […]
There was plenty of news in the pension, benefits, investment and human resources industries to tweet out to Benefits Canada‘s more than 3,200 followers in 2017. Here are the top tweets of last year. Thank you to our readers for engaging with the content and, if Benefits Canada isn’t in your Twitter feed already, don’t forget to follow us @BenCanMag. Stiff competition drives […]
Online mindfulness training reduces negative workplace behaviours such as bullying and harassment, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. The researchers engaged participants at two different B.C. workplaces in a 30-day mindfulness challenge using an online mental-health tool that aims to improve resilience and performance and reduce stress. The challenge is the brainchild […]
While 81 per cent of employees said open-space office environments support collaboration, they also noted at least some privacy contributes to a more productive, less stressful work space, according to new research by Robert Half Canada Inc. Despite these findings, only 35 per cent of the 500 workers surveyed said their employers offer work spaces […]
Happy Bike to Work Day, the kickoff event for Bike Month, which runs May 29 to June 30. How can employers motivate their employees to start peddling to and from the office? Benefits Canada caught up with a crew of intrepid bike commuters to get their perspectives on what really works and what’s really needed […]
Employees who cycle to work are less likely to die prematurely than their colleagues who don’t have an active commute, says a recent study published in the BMJ, a British medical journal. “The findings, if causal, suggest population health may be improved by policies that increase active commuting, particularly cycling, such as the creation of […]