17 Oct 2022 | Engagement, Flexible Working, Total Rewards
In 2020 2.3 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer and there were 685,000 deaths resulting from breast cancer. 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. October is breast cancer awareness month. It’s an opportune time to honour the...
10 Oct 2022 | Employment Law, Engagement, Flexible Working
There’s no question that parents in general are overwhelmed with the balance of work and their responsibilities at home. Most companies have at least an awareness of the plight of working mothers and some kind of maternity leave policy. Paternity leave is a different...
19 Sep 2022 | Employment Law, Engagement, Flexible Working
The existence of policies and procedures in the workplace is a given. But these “rules” are more than a formality. They create the boundaries that allow workers to feel safe and clear about their roles. Policies and procedures relating to internal policies, leave...
5 Sep 2022 | Engagement, Flexible Working, Learning & Development, Performance management
Depending on whom you ask, quiet quitting is either positive or something to be feared. From the perspective of a business leader, it may at first appear to be a threat to retention rates. It may even appear that people simply don’t want to work anymore. But let’s...
29 Aug 2022 | Engagement, Flexible Working
There’s nothing like a year away from the workplace to put things into perspective. The pandemic gave us all pause to reflect on our lives, our goals and our priorities. We reviewed how work fits into those areas. It also opened our eyes to the possibilities of remote...
15 Aug 2022 | Communication, Engagement, Flexible Working
The emergence of the hybrid workforce has taken a toll on people at the management level. One survey showed that managers feel stuck between leadership and employees. 54% of managers surveyed claim they felt leadership was out of touch with employees. Managers have...