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JobQuality.ca |
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Offers information and data on the quality of work and working conditions in Canada. Describes indicators of job quality and explains why they’re important to employers, employees and policy makers. Includes tables and charts, statistics, surveys and news. |
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Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) |
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Extended workday: health and safety issues |
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Answers questions on the health and safety issues related to working extended workday schedules including fatigue, exposure to hazards, and effects on social and family life. Offers guidelines on how workplaces can implement this type of work schedule. |
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Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) |
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Health promotion / wellness / psychosocial |
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Offers a series of information on workplace health issues including stress, work-life balance, violence in the workplace, substance abuse and bullying. |
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Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) |
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Occupations & workplaces: telework/telecommuting |
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Answers questions on the health and safety issues related to working from a home office environment. Offers tips for employees on scheduling work, ergonomics, working alone, and creating a safety checklist. Discusses issues for workplaces to consider when developing a teleworking arrangement. |
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Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) |
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Flexible work arrangements |
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Answers questions on flexible work, benefits to workplaces, issues that should be considered when designing a flexible work policy, and examples of common arrangements, such as job sharing or compressed work week. |
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Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) |
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Workplace programs, policies and practices (work-life balance) |
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Describes and provides examples of various work-life policies, programs and practices in workplaces. Topics include dependent care initiatives, workplace flexibility, reduction of working time, work-life stress management, and leave and benefits. |
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Source: Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) |
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Workplace and employee survey compendium |
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Reports on the 1999 Workplace and Employee Survey (WES). Topics include workplace organizational practices and changes such as information sharing, and non-standard workplace arrangements such as flexible hours. Data obtained from employees and workplaces is compared. |
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Source: Statistics Canada |
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Work schedules |
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Offers a series of information on designing working schedules different from the most common 9 to 5. |
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Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) |
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What are some tips for a person who teleworks? |
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Offers policy suggestions for employers who have employees who 'telework' or 'telecommute'. Stresses the importance of health and safety issues for those who work at home, including ergonomics, work schedules, and working alone. Prepared by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. |
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Source: Canadian Health Network (CHN) |
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Job quality in non-profit organizations |
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Compares job quality in three economic sectors: for profit, non-profit in quasi-public (quango) industries, and non-profit. Based on 1999 Statistics Canada data. Provides information on working arrangements, earnings, access to benefits, and job satisfaction. |
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Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) |
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Trends in part-time work |
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Reviews employment trends for short-hour part-time workers (working fewer than 15 hours per week) compared with long-hour part-time workers (working 15 to 29 hours per week). Looks at the effects of the business cycle, legislation, gender, and occupation on trends. |
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Source: Statistics Canada |
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Evolution of the Canadian workplace: work from home |
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Reports on the number of Canadians working from home over the past three decades. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this type of work arrangement. Profiles these workers, the type of work, work performance, and job quality. |
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Source: Statistics Canada |
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Part-time by choice |
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Reports on people who choose to work part-time. Looks at reasons for working part-time, levels of work-related stress, job characteristics, and growth of this type of work. Contrasts this group with full-time and involuntary part-time workers. |
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Source: Statistics Canada |
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Saskatchewan work & family balance awards |
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Describes how 14 Saskatchewan workplaces have successfully developed a range of initiatives to assist their employees in balancing work and family responsibilities. Outlines policies and programs that assist each of these workplaces recruit and retain staff and showcases innovative and creative ways these small, medium, and large workplaces – in Yorkton, Prince Albert, Melfort, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Regina, North Battleford and Whitebear First Nation – have implemented practices to support their employees. Award-Winners have indicated they would be pleased to speak with other employers about what they have done to make their workplaces more family-friendly.
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Source: Saskatchewan Work and Family Balance |
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