How to ask to work from home
You'll likely hear a lot of reasons why it just doesn't work. Be prepared to discuss how you'll handle productivity, build trust, address issues about presence and handle optics....
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The working-at-home blues: Loneliness, depression a risk for those who are isolated
Research from Statistics Canada indicates the number of people working from home has been steadily rising — 2.5 million Canadians in 2016, according to the most recent data that the...
‘Employee’ And Three Other Words Employers Need To Retire
While the world was busy recovering from the 2008 recession, a quiet revolution was unfolding. Workers began to turn away from many of the time-honored traditions of conventional employment....
Flexible work — for everyone — is key to keeping women in the workforce, experts say
The difficulties of managing family and work life — child-care shortages, schools that let out hours before the end of the work day — continue to push disproportionate numbers of...
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...
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...
Are Flexible Jobs Just A Fantasy We Promise Working Moms?
Part of the reason flexibility can be such a minefield is that what a company promises regarding flexibility may not reflect the actual workplace culture. This “fake flex” culture can...
To retain millennials in the workforce, understand flexibility, transparency and personalization
Workplace well-being programs are increasingly becoming a competitive imperative. Research has shown that the best- performing companies on financial performance metrics are about 11 times more likely to offer holistic...