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Employers integral to closing gender wage gap: report

Ontario’s gender wage gap summary report, published Tuesday, says employers play a key role in addressing the issue and that changes in the workplace around flexibility, family-friendly policies and pay transparency are needed. The summary, which contains ideas and recommendations collected by the province’s Gender Wage Gap Steering Committee, highlights feedback from the public, businesses and other stakeholders […]

  • April 20, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:20

Accenture makes ‘bold move’ in publishing diversity stats

In what one diversity expert calls a “bold move,” Accenture Canada has publicly reported demographic statistics for its Canadian workforce. “To my knowledge, I’ve never seen an employer publish their numbers proactively like this,” says Michael Bach, founder and chief executive officer of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion. “It’s a really bold move. […]

  • April 13, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:29

Human rights ruling on miscarriage puts employers on notice

An interim decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario’s last month has put employers on notice about the need for sensitivity towards employees who’ve had a miscarriage. The tribunal’s decision “shows that we’re recognizing different things that potentially need accommodation in the workplace,” says Ritu Mahil, an associate at Lawson Lundell LLP, of the […]

  • April 8, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:19

RSA Canada engages staff in environmental initiatives

RSA Canada is partnering with the World Wildlife Fund-Canada to engage its employees in environmental initiatives. The insurance company has signed a new five-year sponsorship agreement with WWF-Canada’s Living Planet@Work, through which the conservation organization will support RSA Canada to develop a national green team program to engage its employees across the country to take action on sustainability. “We are aiming […]

  • March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:20

Traditional performance reviews get a makeover

Last year, Ingrid Wu didn’t have the usual in-person discussion with her manager as part of the annual review process at her job at the Law Society of Upper Canada. “It’s kind of nerve racking,” says Wu, a membership services representative at the regulatory body, about the annual review process. “I would get all of […]

  • March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:01