Do you find yourself balancing work and personal life? Have you ever felt that you had to choose one over the other?
Do you have experience supporting (or trying to support) employees who live with episodic disabilities (EDs; conditions that are characterized by periods of good health interrupted by periods of illness or disability)? If so, we are requesting 15 minutes of your time to complete an online survey regarding your experiences with accommodating EDs in the workplace. Your responses will be used to help us develop information and resources to support employers to retain and support employees with episodic health conditions while meeting business/service objectives.
TVO's current affairs blog recently addressed the disparities in income support for new parents in Canada. As the blog notes, historically Canada has compared favourably to "its OECD peers when it comes to parental leave," and in December 2017, the Canadian government further expanded its parental leave program. The new policy extends benefits from 12 months of partially paid leave to 18. The amount of the benefit remains unchanged, but what has changed is that parents can now stretch the same amount over 18 months.
Read more about "Not all Parents Benefit from Canada’s Parental Leave Program"
The City of Guelph has recently appointed Deborah Stienstra to serve on its Accessibility Advisory Committee for 2018. The Commitee provides vision and direction to staff and Council regarding the removal of barriers that exist within Municipal services, practices and programs.
Read more about "Deborah Stienstra to Serve on the Guelph Accessibility Advisory Committee"
Email: liveworkwell@uoguelph.ca
Phone: 519 824 4120 x54930
Location: MacKinnon Building, Office 501, University of Guelph
