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Work-life balance in the new millennium: where are we? Where do we need to go? |
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Examines work-life balance trends in Canada. Looks at factors affecting work-life balance and the impact on individuals, organizations and society. Offers recommendations for employers, employees and families, unions, and government. |
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Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) |
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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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Work-life balance in Canadian workplaces |
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Offers information, resources and tools to help organizations design and implement supportive programs and policies facilitating work-life balance. Includes case studies, programs, policies, evaluation tools, and best practices. |
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Source: Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) |
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The business case for work-life balance |
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Outlines evidence supporting the business benefits of work environments that foster work-life balance. Discusses absenteeism, accountability, recruitment and retention, productivity, and organizational benefits. Provides tips on how to build a business case. |
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Source: Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) |
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Creating family-friendly workplaces |
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Discusses what workplaces can do to offer family-friendly practices to facilitate work-life balance. Looks at issues, solutions, challenges, myths and practical steps to take to create a family-friendly workplace. |
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Source: Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) |
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Work and family provisions in Canadian collective agreements |
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Examines family-friendly provisions that facilitate work-life balance, as found in major Canadian collective agreements. Topics include organization of working time; maternity, parental and adoption provisions; other leave and vacations; child care; and, employee benefits. |
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Source: Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) |
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Moving beyond policies and programs to bring about culture change |
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Discusses how organizations can foster a corporate culture that supports work-life balance policies, programs and benefits. |
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Source: Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) |
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Work-life compendium 2001: 150 Canadian statistics on work, family & well-being |
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Reports on Canadian work-life facts, statistics and trends on topics such as changes in Canadian families, labour force participation patterns, organizational and workplace change, work structure and work time, child care and eldercare, work-life issues for employees and employers, and labour legislation. |
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Source: Centre for Families, Work and Well-being (CFWW) |
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Work/life balance |
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Answers questions on work-life balance initiatives in the workplace, the benefits for employers, how to implement initiatives, and some steps for setting up a program.
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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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Balancing work and family... you've got the power! |
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Offers a personal story on the importance of reviewing individual values and needs to create a better balance between work and family life. |
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Source: BC Council for Families (BCCF) |
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Family-friendly practices and flexibility in small companies in Canada |
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Reports on family-friendly practices in small businesses across Canada. Identifies challenges in small companies and examines strategies that owners and managers can use to meet the needs of their employees and improve business outcomes. |
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Source: Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being (CFWW) |
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Work and family |
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Contains excerpts from two books. 'The Manager's Work-Family Toolkit' outlines how to create a supportive work environment. 'From the kitchen table to the boardroom table : the Canadian family and the workplace' analyzes the conflict between work and family. Includes ordering information. |
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Source: Vanier Institute of the Family (VIF) |
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Family work connections |
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Offers resources on parenting, child care, family financial management, elder care, flexible work arrangements, workplace health, time management, family activities, and family health. |
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Source: Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF) |
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The 2001 national work–life conflict study: report one |
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Examines how work-life factors such as time in work, time in home chores, and child care responsibilities have changed over time in Canada. Includes background information on the topic of work-life balance, describes the 2001 survey sample, and outlines the research methodology used in the study. |
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Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
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Voices of Canadians: seeking work-life balance |
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Compiles comments from Canadian workers on how they feel about the stress they’re facing in their daily lives as they seek to balance work and family. Comments are drawn from those provided by participants in Health Canada’s 2001 National Work-Life Conflict Study. |
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Source: Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) |
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Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being |
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Promotes individual and family well-being, responsive and productive work environments, and strong, sustainable communities through strategic research, policy analysis, best practices development, and education. Web site includes an events calendar and on-line publications.
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Source: Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being (CFWW) |
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Work and family balance |
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Describes a program that works with Saskatchewan people, organizations, businesses, and communities to help develop, implement, and maintain work and family balance strategies. Includes news, events, recent research, publications, and examples of family friendly organizations. |
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Source: Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour |
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A fine balance: a manager's guide to workplace well-being
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Provides advice and tools for improving workplace well-being. Aims to help managers improve their own well-being and the well-being of their staff. Covers topics such as work-life balance, time and workload management, the physical work environment, alternative office designs, and stress management. |
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Source: Canada School of Public Service |
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Part-time work and family-friendly practices in Canadian workplaces |
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Profiles the frequency and distribution of part-time work and family-friendly practices in Canadian workplaces. Examines the relationships between workplace characteristics or worker/job characteristics and employee and workplace outcomes.
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Source: Statistics Canada |
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Work-life conflict in Canada in the new millenium: a status report |
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Profiles work-life conflict in Canada during 2001 and reviews changes during previous decade. Traces the impact of work-life conflict on Canadian organizations, families and employees, and notes the effects of gender, job type, sector of employment and dependent care status. |
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Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
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Healthy workplaces and productivity: a discussion paper |
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Examines factors in an organization and the work environment which positively affect the health of employees. Discusses issues such as job control, communication, supportive supervision, work-life balance and wellness. Explores the relationship between healthy workplaces and productivity. |
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Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) |
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How Canada stacks up: the quality of work - an international perspective |
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Compares US, Canadian and European Union workplaces on four aspects of job quality: work-life balance; health and well-being; skills development; and career and employment security. Also summarizes information about satisfaction with working conditions. |
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Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) |
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The unhealthy Canadian workplace |
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Provides an overview of working conditions in Canada and discusses the direction of current trends. Examines dimensions of job quality such as job security, physical conditions of work, work pace and control, stress, work-life balance, and social relations and participation at work. Compares Canada with the European Union. |
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Source: Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) |
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Better balance, better business: options for work-life issues |
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Presents employers with the business case for why they should care about work-life balance, ways to improve the situation that will benefit both employers and employees, and ideas for changes. |
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Source: Alberta Education |
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Balancing work and home |
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Outlines the benefits of family-supportive workplaces for employers and employees. Suggests how employers can create these environments. Helps employees identify causes of stress in their lives and offers tips to balance work and home. |
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Source: City of Ottawa |
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Report 3: exploring the link between work-life conflict and demands on Canada's health care system |
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Explores how work-life conflict affects Canada's health care system. |
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Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
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Improving work-life balance: what are other countries doing? |
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Reviews different types of work-life balance initiatives developed by countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden and the United States. Includes recent survey data and references. |
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Source: Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) |
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Addressing work-life balance in Canada |
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Examines the causes of increasing work-life conflict and the need for measures to promote work-life balance. Summarizes the changes in social and institutional conditions, changes in the workforce and new challenges for the workplace. Current approaches for employers and governments to address work-life conflict are discussed, including research and promotion. |
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Source: Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD)) |
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Where to work in Canada? An examination of regional differences in work life practices |
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Examines and compares work-life and employment practices in five regions of Canada (B.C., the Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes). Uses data collected from the 2001 National Study on Balancing Work and Family. |
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Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) |
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Who is at risk? Predictors of work-life conflict: report four |
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Reports on research undertaken to identify the factors associated with four aspects of work-life conflict: role overload, work to family interference, family to work interference, and caregiver strain. Explores the impact of gender on the prediction of work-life conflict. |
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Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
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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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21st century job quality trends |
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This report uses the best available evidence to assess job quality in Canada in the 21st century.
It focuses on two basic questions:
1) Has economic prosperity resulted in improvements in job
quality? and
2) Can improvements in job quality contribute to sustainable economic prosperity and
Canadians’ overall quality of life? |
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Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks |
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Under pressure: implications of work-life balance and job stress |
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Written by Graham Lowe, this report presents new findings from two national surveys, one of employers and the other of workers, on work-life balance and job stress. It discusses the implications of these issues for employers and points to actions they can take to improve the quality of work life. Work was commissioned by Wilson Banwell Human Solutions. |
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Source: Longwoods Publishing |
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Reducing work-life conflict: What works? What doesn’t? (executive summary) |
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Provides results of a research study investigating the effectiveness of various approaches to balancing work-life conflict, either organizational interventions or individual coping mechanisms.
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Source: Health Canada |
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Fairness at work: federal labour standards for the 21st century
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This report contains recommendations for modernizing Canada’s labour standards to better meet the needs of today’s workers and employers. |
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Source: Human Resources and Social Development Canada |
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Équité au travail : des normes du tavail fédérales pour le XXIe siècle
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Ce rapport contient des recommandations visant à moderniser les normes du travail du Canada afin de mieux répondre aux besoins des travailleurs et des employeurs d’aujourd’hui. |
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Source: Ressources humaines et Développement social Canada |
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Qui sont les personnes à risque? Les variables prédictives d'un haut niveau de conflit entre le travail et la vie personnelle : rapport no 4
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Examine les facteurs associés à quatre formes de conflit entre le travail et la vie personnelle : la surcharge de rôles, l'interférence du travail dans la famille, l'interférence de la famille dans le travail et la pression sur le fournisseur de soins. Examine également l'incidence du sexe sur la prévision du conflit entre le travail et la vie personnelle. |
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Source: Agence de la santé publique du Canada (ASPC) |
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