We may have mastered the physical side of working remotely but what about the emotional side? A year ago, Canadians were three months into the pandemic. We were through the initial shock of shutdowns and closures, but most of us were still trying to find our groove in navigating the  “new normal”. For millions of […] Keep reading COVID’s Mental Health Toll in the Workplace 56% of Canadians Stressed & Anxious »

This article is part 2 of our 3-part Privacy Training Series: Financial Impacts & Consequences of a Privacy Breach. It doesn’t take significant effort with Google to discover multiple stories about privacy breaches in Canadian healthcare settings over the past year. These stories have consistent plot lines with egregious privacy breaches being committed by employees, […] Keep reading Anatomy of a Privacy Breach in Health Care »

63% of lost productivity costs ($20.0 Billion) due to alcohol and tobacco Substance use costs Canadian society $46 billion a year (2017), or $1,258 for every person in Canada. The lost productivity portion of that bill is calculated to be over $20 billion, a number that employers can view as a reference point for the […] Keep reading Substance Use Costs Canadian Taxpayers $46 Billion »

Positive drug tests account for 81% of violations reported. January 2020 saw the launch of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol CDL Clearinghouse that requires all commercial drivers to register. According to a recent report issued by the FMCSA, more than 64,000 drug and alcohol violations were recorded since the database […] Keep reading FMCSA Clearinghouse 64,000 driver violations in 15 months »

This article is part 2 of our 3-part COVID-19 Mental Health Training 2021 Series. 2020 was a year of unexpected changes, challenges and firsts both in the workplace and at home. Many employers were at the epi-center of the storm, changing the very core of how the workforce functioned and managing daily scrambles of the […] Keep reading Employees Navigate COVID-19 Stress »