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Blog Overview Blogger Profiles Event Calendar You can also visit our other sites: EmployeeWellness.ca WellnessFair.ca Workplace Wellness Info on NaturalHealthcare.ca	\| Share: \| more Employers offer concessions as workplace demands escalate: Survey Canadian employers offer perks to help workers attain work-life balance. A poll was recently conducted by human resources firm Hewitt Associates with 164 different organizations participating. Results showed that employers offer perks such as flexible work schedules, telecommuting, extra paid time off for personal reasons, education leave, and job sharing. Other options workplaces offer are compressed workweeks, sabbaticals, and paid time to do volunteer work. According to the poll employers find it difficult to provide flexibility. It is difficult for employers to satisfy workers’ increasing needs for work-life balance. Some organizations stated that some of their operations required employees to be work during a specific time of the day and so flexibility is difficult to offer employees, especially when many employees were laid off during the economic recession. Eight-six percent of employers offer flexible work hours to all or some of their staff and 68% require employees to be at work for certain “core hours”. Flexibility is also becoming a bigger issue because of technology which demands more from employees. BlackBerrys make it difficult for people to separate their work from their home life. The poll also found that many employees worked more than 40 hours a week. Approximately one-third worked a “regular full-time work week” of 35 to 40 hours; 45% worked 1 to 5 hours more than a typical work week; 23% worked an extra 5 to 10 hours, and 1% worked an extra 10 to 15 hours. The survey results show that there is a limited amount of flexibility for many Canadian employees. Of the participants in the survey 77% said they allow some workers to telecommute regularly but 90% said they only do so with specific employees rather than a universal policy. Every organization differs in terms of operation and it is based on this difference whether flexibility can be offered. Posted by: suhujitha on 2010-07-01 10:13:32 Subscribe to the feed Direct Link to this post Next post: The role of laughter in group dynamics 2010-08-28 16:19:29 Other posts tagged work-life balance, flexibility: · [Temporarily shutting down the office when you need to] · [Working Dads Say Balancing it all is the Toughest Job] · [Canadians caught in a worsening "time crunch," study suggests] · [Contrary to what some managers think, flex-time, home workers put in more hours] · [Flexibility attractive to workers] · [Flexibility in workplace boosts employee health--study] · [New Report Address Work-Life Conflict Across Income Levels] · [Culture of health emerging] · [It is official: Workplace interferes with personal life] · [Fitness in Canada has declined: study] Don't forget: there is a search box on every page! Recent Posts: The role of laughter in group dynamics Laughter is a little understood tool, but it can be used to ease tension, to bond, or to exclude individuals. Posted by: gisela on 2010-08-28 16:19:29 Even a couple of cigarettes - or secondhand smoke - a week harms your lungs. Weill Cornell Medical College first study to definitively show alteration in the function of genes in the lungs resulting from secondhand and low-level smoking Posted by: danica on 2010-08-24 11:06:11 2010: The summer of sexual harassment? From MacLeans.ca: The creep in the cubicle next door - Steve McPherson, Mark Hurd, Casey Affleck, David Davidar, and others under the microscope for misconduct in the workplace Posted by: gisela on 2010-08-23 17:03:56 Workplace wellness plan saves money over the long-term, new study shows U Michigan longitudinal study follows company for 9 years and finds savings in absenteeism, medical, pharma, and WCB claims Posted by: danica on 2010-08-18 14:53:25 Quitting in Style. Or is that a blaze of glory? Flight attendant has enough of abusive passengers, swears over the intercom, grabs beer, and flees down the emergency chute. Posted by: gisela on 2010-08-09 22:00:35 \| Share: \| more	Social Tools: Visit our workplace wellness blog on Wellergize.ca for the latest industry trends, information, and some interesting timely tidbits. Connect with us: Wellergize Latest Tweet: Hmm. Twitter appears to be pining for the fjords at the moment. Who has used Wellergize Products and Services? Chevron, for one. Ask us how we can help your organization. Contacting us: In Toronto and Area call 647.723.6381 or call 1.866.395.8904 toll-free. Dial answer group (ext) 4. You can also use the form on the Contact Us page to request information on specific workplace wellness topics.
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