Three-quarters (75%) of organizations globally have now introduced flexible working policies to enable staff to vary their hours and use technology to work from home, according to new research by Vodafone. Its survey, Flexible: friend or foe?, which polled 8,000 employers and employees in 10 countries, found that respondents believed performance had been enhanced as a result […]
Employee Financial Well-Being will roll out an online financial education pilot program called Money Ecademy, which is designed to engage and nudge employees towards better financial habits and health. The pilot program, which will be around three months in length, will be launched at a number of organizations this month. Each workplace will be made up of 100 […]
Only one in five (20%) of North American companies find merit pay to be effective at driving higher levels of individual performance at their organization, according to new research by Willis Towers Watson. Its Talent Management and Rewards Pulse Survey, which polled 150 large and mid-size employers in Canada and the U.S., found that just […]
The Benefits Alliance Group is to launch a new online HR service, which will be available to its nearly 6,000 group benefits clients through Sudbury-based HR company Humaniqa. The service, ‘Human Resource Solutions Made Simple,’ supports small to medium-sized organizations across Canada to manage their HR functions. It includes unlimited 24/7 access to a wealth […]
Events taking place around the world today will unite cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, advocates, clinicians and others to celebrate World Cancer Day. Globally, more than eight million people are likely to succumb to cancer in 2016. Under the campaign theme – We can. I can. – World Cancer Day represents an opportunity to draw attention to what can be […]
The health of Canadian pension plans suffered the effects of January’s slumping equity markets and declining bond yields, according to tracking results for the month from Aon Hewitt. Its Pension Plan Solvency Survey, which tracks the performance of 449 Aon Hewitt-administered defined benefit pension plans, found that, at January 29, median solvency stood at 82.9%, more […]
Digital health platform League has launched a full benefits platform called League Benefits. The platform has been designed to help organizations deliver personal spending accounts, health spending accounts and corporate wellness programs to their employees. “Today’s workforce believes that health is a daily pursuit,” said Michael Serbinis, CEO and founder of League. “Unfortunately, only a […]
As Lowe’s Companies announces it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Québec-based Rona, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has confirmed that it will tender its shares under the offer. The announcement from the Québec pension fund follows the unanimous recommendation by Rona’s board of directors to accept the offer, the premium of 105% […]
More than half (55%) of Canadians are concerned about their inability to meet living expenses should they become impacted by a serious illness, according to new research. Great-West Life’s Critical Illness Insurance report found that 62% of working Canadians said they would have to get into debt, delay retirement or downside their home in order […]
A vast majority (88%) of UK employees regularly experience stress at work, according to new research by ADP. The research also found that nearly half (43%) of UK employees go even further, saying that stress is a constant factor in their roles and that they feel stressed ‘often’ or ‘very often.’ Encouragingly, 79% of respondents […]