A survey of Canadian business owners finds that there is a significant difference of opinion on whether telecommuting supports employee morale and productivity.
Fewer Nova Scotians were injured at work in 2012, marking the eighth consecutive year of decline in the number of people seriously hurt on the job.
Google, Habanero and Royal LePage take top spots in this year's 100 best places to work in Canada ranking.
As the topic of telecommuting becomes fodder for discussion and debate following Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to end the practice at the California-based company, a new survey indicates that most employees and more than half of business leaders believe telecommuting can be beneficial.
It’s Catch-22: Depression and other mental health issues can seriously impact the workplace, and the workplace can have a serious impact on an employee’s mental health.
Employers are starting to pay more attention to workplace culture and what goes into creating a positive one. Here are a few articles we found on what can happen when we go too far down that road.
Jennifer Allen, vice-president, HR programs and corporate communications, with Economical Insurance Group, says you don’t need to have a large budget and many resources to put a wellness program in place.
Katherine Sheehan, assistant vice-president, HR, with Dalhousie University, says that the institution’s organizational health initiative is starting to show results.
More demands, fewer resources—this is the way of today’s working world. As an employer, how you deal with this reality could be the difference between a prospering company and one that is burdened with high turnover rates and absenteeism issues.
Violence happens in the workplace. The incident at the Empire State building on Friday morning in which a fired employee opened fire on a former colleague is a grim reminder that employers need to have a plan in place should something happen, but also strategies for preventing issues escalating to such extreme levels.