The Cost Of Ignoring Mental Health In The Workplace
It’s a commonly accepted fact that adults spend roughly one-third of their lives at work. That’s a significant amount of time, within which we are likely to experience a spectrum...
Flexible working for parents is great. But child-free people need it, too
The leeway given to working parents is an understandable and accepted convention, but whether this courtesy is extended to all employees too often hinges on the whim of a manager....
Difficulty finding child care is affecting some Canadians’ ability to work, StatsCan reports
New data from Statistics Canada shows nearly one in 10 parents of children under six have had to change their work schedule due to a lack of available child care....
Workplaces launch help for employees struggling with caring for elder relatives
A handful of employers across the country beginning to embrace cultural change around caregiving by providing family care days, job-protected leave, virtual workshops and referral services, among other supports. These...
Ontario Budget 2019 Announces $1 Billion in OW and ODSP Cuts
The 2019/2020 Ontario Budget was announced today, and creates even more uncertainty for people who receive benefits from the Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) system....
The new way your boss can tell if you’re about to quit your job
IBM’s efforts to use AI to learn who might quit is one of the more high-profile recent examples of the way data science, “deep learning” and “predictive analytics” are increasingly...
Work from Home Guilt: What It Is and 3 Ways to Overcome It
Are you a remote employee who has ever chastised yourself for not getting dressed up in the mornings? Or, have you found yourself overexplaining how productive you were during the...
Top Companies 2019: Where Canada wants to work now
Every year, our editors and data scientists parse billions of actions taken by LinkedIn members around the world to uncover the companies that are attracting the most attention from jobseekers...
Millennials are on a quest to find meaningful work — and they’re willing to take less pay to get it
An online survey of more than 1,500 Canadian office workers found that 47 per cent of millennial respondents would give up a pay raise for more meaningful work. Of those who'd...
Mental wellness at the workplace: It goes beyond the occasional day off
“Take a mental health day.” That phrase has become a catch-all solution for young workers facing burnout, and while we should appreciate organisations that encourage time off, long-term wellness is...