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Expert panel: How to get, keep top talent amid labour crunch

mdunne — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:00:17 +0000

For months, Canadian employers have been creaking under the strain of a labour crunch. Finding top talent has always been one of leaders’ most pressing issues and there has often been a shortage of talent for key roles. In addition, Canada — as a whole, in my opinion — has never fully unlocked the skills […]

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Manulife re-launches ‘pay it forward’ program amid second pandemic-era holiday season

lbailey — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:00:05 +0000

Manulife Financial Corp. is once again giving $50 to each of its 37,000 global employees in their local currencies to “pay it forward” this holiday season. The organization first introduced the charitable giving program in 2020 during the first holiday season since a global pandemic was declared in lieu of traditional end-of-year company celebration events and gifts. Now, […]

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B.C. giving workers five paid sick days starting in 2022

lbailey — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:00:52 +0000

Workers in B.C. will be eligible for “fair and balanced” sick leave pay that provides a minimum of five days a year starting Jan. 1, 2022, according to Labour Minister Harry Bains. The new sick leave policy affects all workers covered by the province’s Employment Standards Act, including part-time workers, he added. “I firmly believe that […]

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Top 5 HR, pension and benefits stories of the week

mdunne — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:00:05 +0000

A story looking at demand from employees for more comprehensive benefits offerings took the top spot over the past week on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. Employees want more comprehensive benefits coverage: survey 2. Citigroup supporting employee wellness as return-to-office plans take shape 3. Manulife employee adopts 2 children with help from […]

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Mental health declining for 23% of employees since start of pandemic: survey

lbailey — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:00:05 +0000

Nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of employed Canadians are reporting a decline in their mental health since the start of the pandemic, according to LifeWorks Inc.’s latest mental-health index. Despite Canadians’ overall mental-health score seeing a slight uptick to negative 10.2 in October from September’s score of negative 10.3, the survey found the ongoing […]

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Liberals introduce bill with targeted pandemic aid for employers, employees

mdunne — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:00:02 +0000

The federal government is outlining its latest aid package for an economy recovering from the coronavirus pandemic, proposing targeted support to severely affected businesses, locked-down workers and extra weeks of benefits that expired just days ago. The legislation, introduced Wednesday in the House of Commons, is one of four bills the government wants members of […]

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Manulife employee adopts 2 children with help from enhanced benefits offering

mdunne — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:00:54 +0000

Mandy Kwasnica and her husband’s lifelong dream to add children to their family has come true. The couple recently brought two children — Anya, 9, and Artem, 11 — to Canada after adopting them from the Ukraine (the new family of four is pictured above). “The second day we saw them, [Anya] had cards for […]

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Majority of U.S. employees lack confidence in employers’ return-to-workplace plans

lbailey — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:00:22 +0000

Nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of U.S. employees said they lack full confidence that their organization’s post-coronavirus pandemic workplace strategy is the right decision for employees, a 17 percentage point rise from findings in April 2021, according to a survey by people analytics software provider Humanyze. Indeed, the survey found more than half (53 per […]

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Expert panel: How to connect with employees in a remote world

mdunne — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 14:00:21 +0000

In Canada, the coronavirus pandemic is entering a new phase — vaccines are widely available, travel restrictions are gradually lifting and people are returning to some normal routines in their personal lives. People’s work lives are also entering a new phase, with many employers and employees thinking about when — and if — they’ll return […]

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Citigroup supporting employee wellness as return-to-office plans take shape

lbailey — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:00:12 +0000

As Citigroup Inc. begins rolling out its plans for returning to the workplace, it’s focusing on supporting employees’ mental health and wellness throughout the transition. Although Citi has yet to formally announce its full return-to-work plans for its employees who were shifted to remote working in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the organization expects […]

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