Link to: Sophie Geffros – Carer-employee inclusivity – gender neutral and respectful of 2SLGBTQ+ employees
Carer-employee inclusivity – gender neutral and respectful of 2SLGBTQ+ employees
Exploring the extent to which caregiving supports are perceived as designed for a heterosexual and cisgender audience.
By Sophie GeffrosMarch 24, 2022
Link to: Regina Ding – Workplace Interventions Supportive of Caregiver-Employees
Workplace Interventions Supportive of Caregiver-Employees
Does the implementation of carer friendly workplace practices (CFWP) improve workplace experience, or does it reach a saturation point?
By Regina DingMarch 16, 2022
Link to: Laurel Gillespie – Compassion at Work – The Evolution of Canadian Compassionate Companies
Compassion at Work – The Evolution of Canadian Compassionate Companies
The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association’s Canadian Compassionate Companies program provides a potential solution to the growing challenge of supporting working caregivers.
By Laurel GillespieMarch 16, 2022
Link to: Linda Duxbury – Examining Motivation of Companies to Adopt Caregiver Friendly Policies
Examining Motivation of Companies to Adopt Caregiver Friendly Policies
The Study on Eldercare Issues in Canadian Organizations – Summary and Key Findings undertakes to identify factors impacting the introduction of caregiver friendly workplace policies.
By Linda DuxburyMarch 3, 2022
Link to: Bharati Sethi – The Indigenous Experience and Complex Relationship with Employment: Providing Informal Care During COVID-19
The Indigenous Experience and Complex Relationship with Employment: Providing Informal Care During COVID-19
This study is about understanding the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous transnational carer-employees.
By Bharati SethiMarch 3, 2022
Link to: Sue Yeandle – Work-care reconciliation policy: Legislation in policy context in eight countries
Work-care reconciliation policy: Legislation in policy context in eight countries
‘Measures to support work and care do not have to be expensive or onerous’. They ‘should contribute to making life easier and better for carers and avoiding unnecessary costs for employers either through absenteeism or presenteeism’.
Link to: Regina Ding – Caregiving and work‐from‐home during COVID‐19
Caregiving and work‐from‐home during COVID‐19
For many Canadians, the home is increasingly becoming the nexus of one’s domestic, paid work and caregiving world.
- By Regina DingFebruary 24, 2022
Link to: Bharati Sethi – Visible Minority Immigrants as Transnational Carer-Employees Amidst COVID-19
Visible Minority Immigrants as Transnational Carer-Employees Amidst COVID-19
As part of the HPW Partnership Grant, this project is part of a larger five-year study on Transnational Caregiving that explores the experiences of Indigenous, visible minority, and European Carer-Employees (CEs) in London, Ontario.
- By Bharati SethiFebruary 17, 2022
Link to: Li Wang – Social participation and depressive symptoms of carer-employees of older adults in Canada: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Social participation and depressive symptoms of carer-employees of older adults in Canada: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
We wanted to assess whether social participation by carer-employees had any modifying or protective effect on their depressive symptoms.
By Li WangFebruary 17, 2022
Link to: Sakshi Mehta – A case for employee caregiver support as part of your pandemic plan
A case for employee caregiver support as part of your pandemic plan
The lessons from healthcare’s ‘double duty carers’ warrant consideration as organizations update their pandemic plans post COVID-19.
By Sakshi MehtaFebruary 10, 2022
Link to: Regina Ding – Does educating working caregivers save employer costs?
Does educating working caregivers save employer costs?
In our six-month study we found mixed evidence about the cost-savings, where costs were increased in some areas and saved in others. Cost savings are but one piece of the puzzle and not always the end goal of intervention programs.
- By Regina DingFebruary 10, 2022
Link to: Allison Williams – A carer-inclusive standard for the workplace goes international
A carer-inclusive standard for the workplace goes international
Supporting caregivers in the workplace makes good business sense. Furthermore, it acknowledges the humanity of the workforce. Carer-inclusive standards are resources that can help employers to achieve more inclusivity and should be a measure of all organizations.
By Allison WilliamsFebruary 3, 2022
Link to: Regina Ding – The impact of the workplace on the lives of carer-employees
The impact of the workplace on the lives of carer-employees
Educational programs in the workplace can generate improvements for carer-employee health, demonstrating that workplaces are instrumental in supporting carer-wellbeing and a healthy workforce.
- By Regina DingFebruary 3, 2022
Link to: Allison Williams – Birth of a Standard
The birth of a Canadian Standard: CSA Group Standard B701-17 – Carer-inclusive and accommodating organizations
The standard helps organizations develop their human resource capacity, informs culture change, and sets out commitments and actions for senior management and staff.
- By Allison WilliamsJanuary 24, 2022
Link to: Sakshi Mehta – Are healthcare employers in tune with their employee caregivers?
Are healthcare employers in tune with their employee caregivers?
It is in employers’ best interests to support their working caregivers to help prevent outcomes such as poor work performance, absenteeism and employee turnover. Do they?
- By Sakshi MehtaJanuary 24, 2022
Link to: Jeremy Wu – 12 country comparison
Impacts of the COVID-19 on carer-employee well-being: a 12-country comparison
The opportunity to pull out Canadian employee caregiver data from a 12-country analysis and compare where we stand was too good to be missed.
By Jerry WuJanuary 24, 2022
Link to: Allison Williams – International scoping
Availability of caregiver‐friendly workplace policies (CFWPs): an international scoping review
This comparative nation-state study of Carer-Friendly Workplace Policies (CFWPs) provides the baseline data to allow the scale-up of the Carer-inclusive Standard for global uptake.
- By Allison WilliamsJanuary 24, 2022