remote workplaces – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 84% of Canadian employers considering permanent work-from-home policy: survey https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/84-of-canadian-employers-considering-permanent-work-from-home-policy-survey/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:00:34 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=108509 The coronavirus pandemic is making Canadian employers more cognizant of the need to offer flexible working arrangements, according to a new survey by Randstad Sourceright. The survey, which polled 850 C-suite and human resources leaders across 17 countries, found 84 per cent of Canadian respondents said they’ll consider some sort of permanent work-from-home policy post-pandemic. […]

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]]> Pension plan committees applying virtual meeting lessons to second year of pandemic https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/pension-plan-committees-applying-virtual-meeting-lessons-to-second-year-of-the-pandemic/ Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:57:02 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=98325 As the coronavirus pandemic ground the world to a halt in March 2020, stopping was not an option for Gale Rubenstein or her colleagues on the board of trustees at the University Pension Plan Ontario. The jointly sponsored pension plan had only come into existence two months earlier, and the clock had already begun ticking […]

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]]> Salesforce planning to switch to flex-work model post-pandemic https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/human-resources/hr-other/salesforce-planning-to-switch-to-flex-work-model-post-pandemic/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:00:28 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/?p=93864 San Francisco-based business software maker Salesforce says it will let most of its employees work from home permanently after the coronavirus pandemic, for at least part of the week. Other major tech companies such as Facebook Inc., Shopify Inc., Twitter Inc. and Google have made similar announcements of plans to adopt flexible-working policies. This means employees will […]

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]]> Institutional investing in 2021: looking towards the future https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/colin-ripsman/institutional-investing-in-2021-looking-towards-the-future/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:23:41 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/institutional-investing-in-2021-looking-towards-the-future/ Last year offered up one of most tempestuous investment environments in recent memory, and this year looks to be equally dynamic. It will be increasingly important for pension investment committees to be proactive and flexible in the management and oversight of their portfolios. Those that can quickly assess and respond to fundamental economic shifts will […]

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