By now, most employers are well aware that mental health problems present serious issues for the workplace. But even with greater awareness, employers are still challenged by what to do about it. Speakers at the 2013 Mental Health Summit held recently in Vancouver presented a host of ideas for improving how employers deal with mental health in the workplace.
Employers in British Columbia will have to comply with new bullying and harassment policies that come into force on November 1.
The results are in! Benefits Canada is excited to announce the winners for our 2013 Workplace Health & Benefits Awards.
The finalists for this year’s Benefits Canada Workplace Health & Benefits Awards have been announced.
More than half of mature workers—those aged 50 and older—have a desire to keep working after they turn 65, but on their own terms.
It’s 9 a.m. on Monday morning, just another day at the office. Employees are rushing in, coffee cups in hand, trying to get a head start on the workweek. Undoubtedly, many of them are thinking, This nine-to-five arrangement is too rigid. But for all of the discussion about work/life balance over the past decade, flexible work schedules have declined in Canada.
To help mitigate employee stress levels, the number of employers offering stress management programs has grown in recent years.
Most North American employees feel trapped in their current position and want a new job, which deals a serious blow to productivity, according to a new survey by Right Management, the talent and career management entity within ManpowerGroup.
For many workers, the boss’s emails never seem to stop, and many of them expect to receive a response even if a message is sent after work hours, according to a survey.
Job insecurity, abusive supervision, excessive demands, the encroachment of work on family life and domestic relationship problems top the list of factors that contribute to the development of mental health issues among workers.