mental health

Source: westcentralonline.com A new national survey shows workplace burnout is on the rise in Canada, with nearly 39 per cent of employees reporting they feel burnt out, up from previous years. The study, commissioned by Mental Health Research Canada in partnership with Workplace Strategies for Mental Health and conducted by Pollara, highlights the significant financial impact of burnout. For a company with 500 employees, productivity losses and salary costs tied to burnout can exceed $3.4 million annually. Employers that prioritize prevention could save roughly $1.7 million each year.

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Source: hcamag.com Focusing on personalised solutions ‘enables HR leaders to deliver timely, impactful support and build more resilient teams’ Canadians’ well-being is on the decline, and employers are being urged to take a more active role in supporting employee wellness. The overall state of well-being among Canadians is rated at 43.7 out of 100—on a scale where anything below 50 indicates poor mental health—according to a new report from Dialogue Health Technologies.

Source: benefitscanada.com Three-quarters (74 per cent) of Canadian employees say they have or would turn down a job opportunity because an employer’s culture didn’t feel like the right fit, in line with seven in 10 global respondents who said the same, according to a new survey by Dayforce Inc.

Source: talentcanada.ca Burnout is a growing issue severely impacting productivity, engagement and retention. When employees experience burnout, they often struggle to stay focused, feel disconnected from their work and may eventually leave. These factors lead to higher turnover and costly recruitment. In the Canadian workforce, unique challenges such as managing multicultural dynamics make addressing burnout more critical.

Source: www.hcamag.com Concerns remain about effect on mental health, work-life balance, job security More than three in four employees feel positive about the impact of artificial intelligence at work, but doubts remain over its potential consequences, according to a new report.

Source: benefitscanada.com Nearly a quarter (21 per cent) of Canadian employees say they don’t perceive their workplace as supportive, according to Telus Health’s latest mental-health index.

Source: hcamag.com ‘These ultimatums can be detrimental to mental health,’ says expert Eight in 10 companies will track employee office attendance in 2024, and 95% of companies say employees will suffer consequences if they don’t comply, with jobs, bonuses, and salaries at risk for those who do not comply, according to a new survey from Resume Builder.

Source: www.ctvnews.ca A recent report published by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has found that five million young professionals in Canada are in need of mental health support, advising businesses and organizations to invest more into employee wellbeing. “There’s still a lot of stigma in discussing mental health. Young people especially, are feeling discouraged from presenting the issues that they’re facing right now,” Genevieve Bonin, co-author of the report and managing director and partner at BCG told CTVNews.ca. “Organizations do care greatly about the health and well being of their employees, and I think this is now a very open topic for many organizations. But organizations are very slow to recognize the extent of the crisis, so they don’t necessarily have an overarching strategy.”

Source: www.benefitscanada.com Two-fifths (40 per cent) of Canadian employees say they’ve taken time off work in the last five years due to mental-health concerns, according to a new survey by wellness benefits provider Heal-3 and the Future Skills Centre.

Source: www.forbes.com As we enter 2023, the future of work has become the now of work. Many of the changes which started during the pandemic were accelerated and have become permanent aspects of our working lives. Just as I have done in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, here is my countdown of what you should include on your HR roadmap for 2023.

Source: thestar.com With our mental health strained and workplace arrangements changing, it’s time for an in-depth look at what’s needed to improve matters. Everything is connected. It is not enough, as Premier Doug Ford sometimes seems to think, to throw up a few “Open For Business” signs at the Ontario border, note the 300,000 or so job vacancies in the province, then look no farther at what is an ongoing crisis in mental health and ongoing revolution in the way people work.

Source: www.cbc.ca Companies may find transactional-only relationships with employees won’t work The early days of the pandemic caused a major disruption in how we work and those ripple effects are still being felt today. Multiple surveys continue to warn of a mass departure across the Canadian workforce. According to one survey by the Canadian Centre for the Purpose of the Corporation, 42 per cent of Canadian employees say they’re considering changing their job or entire career in the next year.