Debt was a major concern of many in the survey, with 39 per
cent of employees saying they felt overwhelmed by their level of debt, up from an average of 32 per cent over what the association had found in the past two years.
In fact, 80 per
cent of employees said that their poor mental health was due to problems at work (26 per cent) or a combination of problems at work and outside work (54 per cent).
Not exact matches
Finance Minister Carole James
says only five per
cent of businesses will be paying the full tax rate and those covering the existing health premiums for their
employees will see savings as the fees are cut in half and then eliminated.
The survey, which polled 4,766 Canadian
employees between June 27 and Aug. 5, also found that 35 per
cent said they feel overwhelmed by their level
of debt.
Half (49 per
cent)
of the
employees said their employer offers retirement education or coaching, while one - third (32 per
cent)
said their employer does not, with the remainder (about 20 per
cent) uncertain.
Not surprisingly, pensions are also important when it comes to retaining
employees, as nearly three - quarters (73 per
cent)
of respondents
said they stayed with an employer due to pension benefits.
Tech Mahindra, for instance, has retrained over 70 per
cent of its
employees «in different modules around new - age technologies driving digital projects,»
says company chief executive CP Gurnani, adding that, being «future - ready is our prime responsibility.»
Although Schnatter originally
said that he'd have to raise the price
of his pizzas 10 to 14
cents per pie to account for Obamacare, he's now
saying employers may have to cut their
employee's hours as well.
And the company has a number
of long - term
employees — Sendik's
says it measures its success not just in dollars and
cents, but also in how it has developed
employees and built lasting relationships with them.
Monsanto
said last year it would lay off 12 per
cent of its
employees, or 2600 jobs.
He referred to a provision in the enterprise agreement that
says: «
Employees who are forklift drivers and who are stacking pallets
of bright cans shall be entitled to an allowance
of 50
cents per hour.»
He
said 40.7 per
cent of domestic revenue was used as compensation to
employees in 2015 and 46.2 per
cent spent on
employee compensation in 2016.
Asiedu Nketia, the 2nd Defendant,
said «No» and that they needed cash so the Plaintiff decided to issue two cheque payment vouchers on 7th December, 2015 for GH
cents 2,000,000.00 and the other one on the same 7th December, 2015 for GH
cents 2,199,340.00 and the
said vouchers, according to the 2nd Defendant, were received by Gyanu Edgar, an
employee of the Electoral Commission.»
We studied a large group
of small business owners and corporate
employees (
of which only 29 per
cent said they were in a good mood, with a positive mindset, when they came home).
Almost in the same breath that RIM announced it'd purchased video editing company JayCut, it's also
said they're letting go
of 11 per
cent of its
employees, which equates to around 2,000 jobs.
«Yet despite upward adjustments in perceptions
of what constitutes an adequate nest egg, the vast majority
of employees are nowhere near reaching their goals — 75 per
cent say they have put aside less than a quarter
of what they will need in retirement up, from an average
of 73 per
cent over the past three years,» the association
said.
A recent Randstad study found that although more than half
of Canadian
employees said they had the perfect job, 65 per
cent would leave for more money, to improve their career opportunities or if they found a job that was a better match with their educational background.
The association
said the survey found that more than half
of employees — 51 per
cent — would find it difficult to meet their financial obligations if their paycheque were delayed by a single week.
Globally, CLOs in companies with large law departments were more likely to report being targeted, with 56 per
cent of respondents in departments with 50 or more
employees saying they have been targeted, versus 29 per
cent of respondents in departments with fewer than 50
employees.
«What the NDP would like to do is move to a card - only system so, if a union is capable
of getting more than 50 per
cent of the
employees from the bargaining unit to sign cards, there would be an automatic certification without a vote,»
says Michael Howcroft, partner with Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP in Vancouver.
Xiaomi
says 90 per
cent of the
employees are women.
Of those staff who had disclosed poor mental health at work (2,200 employees), just over half (53 per cent) said they felt supported, and 72 per cent said they'd been made aware of the support tools such as Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), counselling, staff support networks or informal buddying system
Of those staff who had disclosed poor mental health at work (2,200
employees), just over half (53 per
cent)
said they felt supported, and 72 per
cent said they'd been made aware
of the support tools such as Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), counselling, staff support networks or informal buddying system
of the support tools such as
Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), counselling, staff support networks or informal buddying systems.
Doing so also has the peripheral benefit addressing
employee career development expectations as 29 per
cent of Canadian
employees across all industries
said they would leave an organization that doesn't support their aspirations.
A recent Angus Reid study
of Canadian small and medium - sized business owners, including real estate agents, revealed that more than 70 per
cent say it's okay for
employees to use business laptops or netbooks for non-work related activities, such as personal email and social networking.
It
says employees «won't be standing in line to move to Regina,» since the city also has the highest residential tax rate in Canada, with 2.25 per
cent of the value
of the property going to municipal tax coffers, followed closely by Winnipeg at 2.20 per
cent.