Statistics about anxiety in the modern workplace are alarming, with one survey showing 41 per
cent of employees from a range of industries reporting high levels of anxiety in the workplace.
«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.
Not exact matches
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cents Transportation fringe benefits: Through 2010, the amount
of transit benefits that are excluded
from the
employee's gross income and payroll wages is increased to $ 230 a month — the same amount as the
employee parking benefit.
In the 23rd Actuarial Report on the Canada Pension Plan (OCA, 2007), the Office
of the Chief Actuary (OCA) certified that, in spite
of the substantial increase in CPP benefit payments that would result
from the retirement
of the baby boom generation, the current legislated contribution rate
of 9.9 per
cent for employers and
employees combined would be more than enough to pay for benefits through 2075.
The Update incorporates the October average private sector economic forecasts and an increased «adjustment for risk» for 2011 - 12 to 2013 - 14, as well as an increase in employment insurance rates
of only 5
cents (
employee rate) for 2012, rather than the 10
cents set in legislation As a result, the balanced budget target is delayed
from 2014 - 15 to 2016 - 17, prior to the inclusion
of the Targeted Strategic and Operating Review Savings (now called «Deficit Reduction Action Plan Saving Target»).
The Institute proposes a gradual move to a 50:50 employer /
employee financing split and an increase in the combined contribution rate
from nearly 20 per
cent of pay to about 24 per
cent over four years.
The Institute notes that federal public service employment, excluding military and RCMP uniformed personnel and federal government business enterprise
employees, has increased by about 35 per
cent between 1999 and 2009, (
from 224,600 to 302,000), well in excess
of overall growth in population
of 11 per
cent over that period.
Furthermore, the percentage
of employees with workplace pension plans has actually declined
from 41 per
cent to 34 per
cent from 1991 to 2007.
On average, 79 per
cent of employees were engaged at Best Employers this year, up
from 78 per
cent last year.
It announced that the
employee rate for all residents, with the exception
of Quebec, would be set at $ 1.83 per $ 100
of insurable earnings for 2012, an increase
of 5
cents from the rate for 2011.
In 2013, our
employees delivered record net income
of 8.3 billion dollars, up 11 per
cent from last year and generated a return on equity
of 19.7 per
cent with diluted earnings per share
of 5 dollars and 49
cents.
With the plan expected to add a cost
of 1.9 per
cent per
employee and the likelihood that
employees over the age
of 50 may never benefit
from their own contributions, roundtable members were vocal in their concerns about the plan's impact on both competitiveness and
employee support.
A study
from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives suggested the debt financing required could force Tim Hortons to layoff more than 700
employees — or 44 per
cent of staff working outside its restaurants.
Sixty or seventy
cents a week (deductions
from employees» paychecks), very small amounts
of money.»
Employees will then contribute four per
cent of their pay into their Personal Account, matched by three per
cent from their employer and one per
cent from the government.
These 10 apprentices, ranging in age
from 20 to late 40s, equate to over 15 per
cent of our full time
employees — which we believe is well above the national average.
From the 6 April 2015 the rate
of employer Class 1 secondary NICs for
employees under the age
of 21 will be 0 per
cent up to the new «Upper Secondary Threshold» (UST).
Shares For Share Incentive Plans (SIPs) the individual limits on the «free» shares companies can award to
employees for 2014/15 will be increased
from # 3,000 to # 3,600 per year and the individual limits on the «partnership» shares
employees can purchase will be increased
from # 1,500 to # 1,800 per year (or 10 per
cent of an
employee's annual salary) For Save as You Earn (SAYE), the amount that
employees can save and apply towards the purchase
of share for 2014/15 will be increased
from # 250 to # 500 per month With Annual Individual Savings Account (ISA) the subscription limit for 2014/15 will be # 11,880,
of which # 5,940 can be invested in cash The annual subscription limit for Junior ISA and Child Trust Fund (CTF) for 2014/15 will increase
from # 3,720 to # 3,840.
Moreover, 95 per
cent of the students polled stated that they would benefit
from advice
from local businesses or
employees, with a further 93 per
cent stating that the careers advice they had been given had been helpful.
Government changes to the discount rate (a rate
of interest used to value the Teachers» Pension Scheme) mean that even though the scheme benefits have been cut and
employee contributions increased, employer contributions have risen
from 14.1 per
cent to 16.4 per
cent.
Employee contributions reduce total compensation, so if you max out your 401 (k) as an individual (which is $ 17,500 this year, not $ 16,500) before taking a
cent of salary, the salary
from which the employer's contribution is calculated is $ 0.
The increases come after the company faced a backlash
from consumers when it was revealed some franchisees cut
employee benefits to offset the impact
of minimum wage hikes in Ontario, which increased to $ 14 per hour
from $ 11.60 — a 21 - per -
cent jump — on Jan. 1.
«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.
According to Statistics Canada, defined benefit plans in 2014 accounted for 71.2 per
cent of employees with a pension plan, down
from more than 84 per
cent a decade earlier.
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.
Today, up to 60 per
cent of what Cole does is related to social media including writing policies for corporations on managing social media
from the perspective
of both clients and their
employees.
Nearly all (92 per
cent)
of respondents to OneLogin's study admitted to spending up to an hour on manually deprovisioning former
employees from every corporate application.
Employees of state - owned insurance companies went on day - long nation - wide strike to protest the government's proposed move to raise FDI limit in the private insurance sector to 49 per
cent from the
According to data compiled by the Life Insurance Council, the number
of direct
employees has fallen by 18,184 per
cent —
from 267,819 to 249,635 — on a year - on - year basis.
Additional highlights • 63 per
cent of resource and mining employers are not actively hiring new graduates despite reports
of a growing skills shortage • 2016 salary increases for resource and mining professionals are more modest than the previous year, with 21 % reporting no increases compared to eight per
cent in the previous year • Almost three quarters (73 %)
of oil and gas
employees experience moderate to extreme workplace pressure due to the lack
of employees and skills present • Work
from home options, pension / RRSP contributions and flexible work hours are the top - three incentives oil and gas employers want to add in an effort to attract talent About Hays Canada: Hays Specialist Recruitment Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Hays plc, which has been at the forefront
of the global recruitment industry for over thirty - five years.