Category: Human Resources

Bosses and managers tended to look positively at workers who worked long hours in the office and to favour chatty employees, extroverts, who have the upper hand in meetings and discussions in the hallways.

When planning to return to the office, the reflex of many is to look, on the one hand, at what employers want and, on the other, at what employees want, as if these two parties were acting independently of each other.

Most companies are about to return to the office in “hybrid” mode, with a minimum requirement to be in the office. And this is confirmed by a more recent ADP Canada survey, where 60% of workers say their plan to return to the office has some form of hybrid schedule.

Many large companies have the reflex to post their positions internally before looking for candidates outside the organization. However, this process creates a major problem: internal candidates who are refused tend to withdraw from their work and eventually resign in greater numbers. Researchers have discovered how to mitigate these negative effects.

LifeWorks just published its monthly Mental Health Index report, revealing for a sixteenth consecutive month a negative mental health score in the country. Here are the highlights.