Workplace wellness – Benefits Canada.com

U.S. employers maintaining health benefits, considering other cost-cutting measures: survey

mschmit — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 05:10:07 +0000

U.S. employers are planning to maintain core health benefits but are exploring other changes to preserve jobs and manage expenses, according to new a new survey by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. The survey, which looked at data from nearly 4,000 employers over several months, found close to half have planned salary freezes for management and executives (43 per cent) and non-management […]

The post U.S. employers maintaining health benefits, considering other cost-cutting measures: survey appeared first on Benefits Canada.com.

Ontario CMHA provides toolkit for employers, staff for return-to-workplace stress

mschmit — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:45:58 +0000

The Ontario division of the Canadian Mental Health Association is providing a toolkit for employers and employees to help them navigate the complex mental-health realities of physically returning to work as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Developed in partnership with Mental Health Works and BounceBack Ontario, the toolkit seeks to help employers create policies and procedures to […]

The post Ontario CMHA provides toolkit for employers, staff for return-to-workplace stress appeared first on Benefits Canada.com.

Canadians’ mental health remains low even as country reopens from coronavirus lockdown

mschmit — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:30:39 +0000

Even as Canada begins to reopen from coronavirus lockdown, uncertainty remains high and Canadians need employer mental-health supports more than ever. According to Morneau Shepell Ltd.’s latest mental-health index, Canadians’ mental-health score sat at negative 11 in June. The index measures the score based on a pre-2020 benchmark of 75. While June’s score was one […]

The post Canadians’ mental health remains low even as country reopens from coronavirus lockdown appeared first on Benefits Canada.com.

Unions across job sectors crying out for increased safety measures

mschmit — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:00:07 +0000

Unions across the country are pushing for further measures to keep their members safe, whether they stock the frozen food section in a grocery store or care for critically-ill patients in an intensive care unit. Health-care workers Unifor had strong words for an Ontario government directive that allows employers to ask long-term care workers who’ve […]

The post Unions across job sectors crying out for increased safety measures appeared first on Benefits Canada.com.

Webinar: Coronavirus and workplace mental health

mschmit — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 05:15:20 +0000

While physical well-being is vital during the coronavirus pandemic, the situation is raising multiple mental-health issues, including rising stress levels exacerbated by job uncertainty and social isolation. Looking at mental-health policies and tools, innovative practices and work-from-home protocols, Benefits Canada hosted a panel of experts in a webinar on March 31 to answer plan sponsor […]

The post Webinar: Coronavirus and workplace mental health appeared first on Benefits Canada.com.

Flexible return-to-work policies crucial for cancer survivors

mschmit — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:48:21 +0000

By the year 2031, 2.2 million Canadians will be living with cancer, with 40 per cent between the ages of 20 and 65 — the typical working years, according to Maureen Parkinson, provincial rehabilitation counsellor at B.C. Cancer Agency and co-director of Cancer and Work. In a session at Benefits Canada’s 2020 Employers Cancer Care […]

The post Flexible return-to-work policies crucial for cancer survivors appeared first on Benefits Canada.com.

Ignoring psychosocial oncology can be costly for organizations

mschmit — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:46:07 +0000

When a person experiences a cancer diagnosis and undergoes treatment, it can be one of the most distressing experiences they can go through, so it’s important for employers to understand psychosocial oncology. “We’re now collecting evidence to show that proactive care — psychosocial oncology — is effective in helping people prepare and deal with psychological […]

The post Ignoring psychosocial oncology can be costly for organizations appeared first on Benefits Canada.com.

Flex working help employees manage mental well-being: survey

mschmit — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:30:30 +0000

Flexibility on the job can go a long way to helping employees manage their mental well-being, according to a survey by FlexJobs. The survey, which polled 3,900 global employees, found 84 per cent of respondents said having a flexible job would help them better manage mental illnesses like anxiety and depression. More than a third (35 […]

The post Flex working help employees manage mental well-being: survey appeared first on Benefits Canada.com.

Considering how mental-health support, accommodation is changing

mschmit — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 04:50:58 +0000

Sixty per cent of working Canadians have experienced a mental-health issue, an increase from 52 per cent in 2017, according to Sun Life’s 2019 barometer survey. However, the survey also found 60 per cent of working Canadians who are suffering from mental-health issues aren’t accessing support through their workplace benefits, said Carmen Bellows, the insurer’s senior mental-health […]

The post Considering how mental-health support, accommodation is changing appeared first on Benefits Canada.com.

How nutrition contributes to better mental health, organizational wellness

mschmit — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 04:47:53 +0000

People don’t often make the association between nutrition and long-term mood, as well as how diet can impact the brain’s function and its structure, according to Charmaine Alexander, senior advisor on Desjardins Insurance’s disability management team. “We know that between the rise of mental illness in our current lifestyle, just as with obesity, maybe what we’re […]

The post How nutrition contributes to better mental health, organizational wellness appeared first on Benefits Canada.com.