The holiday season is a busy time for employers. Besides business, they also have HR and health and safety obligations to attend to. There are substitute holidays to account for and vacation requests to accommodate. December is also a time for planning holiday social events and preparing for safety risks created by inclement winter weather. Statutory...
In 2022, Ontarians submitted 196,000 claims to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). Within these WSIB claims, 31,549 employees reported occupational diseases, 1,449 reported mental stress, and 56 reported traumatic fatalities. The WSIB provides benefits and services to Ontario workers who have been injured at work or who have diseases related to work, including...
According to StatCan, in 2019, Canadian women represented 47.4% of the labour force, a 25% increase from 1976, when they represented 37.6%. With an increasing number of women in the workplace, current generations are more likely to experience menopausal changes while at work now than ever before. Despite the growing number of Canadian women at...
Many businesses begin hiring seasonal employees at this time of the year, in preparation for the busy holiday season. Temporary workers at this time of year are usually hired by ski resorts, retail stores, and event companies that are hosting holiday-themed events. Although such employees are hired typically for six months or less, this type...
In 2021, news of The Great Resignation sparked major concerns for HR and leadership departments across the globe. Coupled with the emergence of the “quiet quitting” phenomenon in 2022, as employers enter the new year, improving staff retention has never been more critical. Quiet quitting is a strategy to avoid burnout in the workplace, prevalent...
According to a report, 35% of Canadians are burnt out. Another report found that 48% of Canadians felt more stressed to start 2022 than they did in the past two years. With the World Health Organization officially declaring burnout an occupational phenomenon in 2019, and the epidemic of quiet-quitting hitting newsstands in 2022, it’s clear...
In 2020, the average Canadian was absent from work for 12 days of the year. No employer wants sick employees to come into the office. Coming into work sick, also known as presenteeism, can lead to poor work performance, the infection of other staff, and delays in the sick employee’s recovery. Alternatively, many employers are...
Every year, over 42,000 Canadians are injured due to fall incidents in the workplace. Despite the prevalence of falls at work, employers who build their workplace culture around certain best practices will be more likely to prevent falls from occurring in the future. As part of Fall Prevention Month, we want to encourage employers to...
For the month of November, men across the world are asked to grow a moustache and start conversations about men’s mental health. Campaigns like Movember were born out of the realization that men’s mental health is in crisis. Although the project has made an incredible impact, funding more than 1,250 men’s health projects over the...
