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Saskatchewan Work & Family Balance Awards – 2005 Award Winners and Honour Roll Members Pregnancy, Parenting and the Workplace - What Employees and Employers Need to Know Towards a Different Future - How can we help our kids do better? Becoming More Family Friendly, Narratives from Eight Saskatchewan Workplaces Work-Life Balance in Canada: A Report to Ministers Responsible for Labour in Canada Work-Life Balance in Saskatchewan: Realities and Challenges Report on Balancing Work and Family Focus Groups: Rosetown, Lanigan, Grenfell
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Saskatchewan Work & Family Balance Awards – 2005 Award Winners and Honour Roll Members A new publication detailing how 14 Saskatchewan workplaces have successfully developed a range of initiatives to assist their employees in balancing work and family responsibilities is now available.
Saskatchewan Work & Family Balance Awards – 2005 Award Winners and Honour Roll Members, describes policies and programs that assist each of these Award-Winning workplaces recruit and retain staff. This publication 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. To view a copy of the publication click here, or for a print copy of the publication, contact the Work and Family Branch at 306-933-7983 or by email at wfb@gov.sk.ca |
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Needing the most - Getting the least: low-wage employees and access to
work-family balance public policy in Saskatchewan, Canada How well do work-family policies work for low-wage families in Saskatchewan? For more information, click here. |
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Pregnancy, Parenting and the Workplace…What Employees and Employers Need to Know is a new publication to help employers and employees understand their rights and responsibilities in relation to pregnancy, parenting and the workplace, and to assist in meeting the challenges of balancing work and family. Pregnancy, Parenting and the Workplace combines information on labour standards, human rights, work-family issues, and federal employment insurance benefits that pertain to employers and employees with parenting responsibilities - to answer common questions such as “ Do I have the right to stay away from work if my child is ill?” and “How do I apply for parental benefits?” This is not only a step forward in assisting employees and employers, it also represents a cultural shift in recognizing that today most parents of young children are employed. This publication has been created through a partnership of the Work and Family Branch, Labour Standards, the Status of Women Office, the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, Service Canada, Saskatchewan Health, and the Breastfeeding Committee for Saskatchewan. Click here to download a copy of Pregnancy, Parenting and the Workplace: What Employees and Employers Need to Know, or contact The Work and Family Branch. |
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The Commission on Improving Work Opportunities for Saskatchewan Residents released its final report and recommendations in mid-February. The commission has made 25 recommendations and covered topics including childcare/balancing work and family; low income workers; part-time workers; aboriginal employment; training and employment; and labour legislation. To read the report, please see: http://www.labour.gov.sk.ca/commissionreport/index.html To view Chapter 7 of the report: Childcare/Balancing Work and Family, click here. |
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In keeping with our mandate to strengthen capacity
in all sectors towards the creation of family-friendly workplaces, the Work
and Family Branch accepted an invitation from the Centre For Labour-Management
Development (Canada) Inc. to resource the Audio Conference “Creating a
Family-Friendly Workplace.” For further information about the Centre for Labour-Management Development, visit their website at: http://www.workchannel.com/ |
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Towards a Different Future - How can we help our kids do better? Text of a speech by Ken Dryden: download a PDF version here. Becoming More Family Friendly, Narratives from Eight Saskatchewan Workplaces Produced through a partnership between the Work and Family Branch,and the Saskatchewan Women’s Secretariat, this publication profiles eight Saskatchewan organizations that have embarked on a process to become more family-friendly. The intent in profiling these organizations is to provide employers and employees throughout the province with examples of work-family/life balance practices that are in progress. Research suggests that the process used to implement family-friendly measures is, in many instances, as important as the practice or policy itself. Creating opportunities for employers and employees to connect on work-family issues is, therefore, important. In the spirit of assisting this kind of networking, the employers noted in this publication have agreed to make themselves available to those who may have questions, or simply want to hear more about how the family-friendly approach is working out. If you want a print copy of this publication, please contact the Work and Family Branch, Saskatchewan Labour, or download a pdf version here. Work-Life Balance in Canada: A Report to Ministers Responsible for Labour in Canada Prepared by the Canadian Association of Administrators of Labour Legislation (CAALL), February, 2002. This report was prepared by a multi-jurisdictional committee co-chaired by Ottawa and Saskatchewan. It outlines the effects that changes in family life and in the workplace have had on working people and describes the resulting impact on productivity. Within the report there is a recommendation proposing jurisdictions implement an incentive or awards program to recognize workplaces that have taken steps to increase work-life balance. This is in response to a growing interest in, and concern with, the current level of family-friendly practices in the workplace. View the report Work-Life Balance in Saskatchewan: Realities and Challenges Prepared for the Government of Saskatchewan by Linda Duxbury and Christopher Higgins, August 1998. Funded by Saskatchewan Labour. Research involving 5,436 employees and 40 employers in the private and public sectors was conducted to find how the changing relationship between family and work affects organizations and employees in Saskatchewan. The research specifically examined four areas: work-family balance; work climate; work attitudes and outcomes; and, the health of the worker. View the report
Funded by Saskatchewan Labour. This report outlines the findings and
recommendations of the first public task force on work-family issues in
Canada. Four major work-family issues, along with a series of
conclusions and recommendations for each, were identified following
public meetings in 10 communities. Saskatchewan Women’s Secretariat, March 2000. This guide describes options, drawbacks and benefits regarding a variety of flexible working arrangements. This publication available at: The Saskatchewan Women’s Secretariat, 7th Floor, 1855 Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK S4P 3V5. Report on Balancing Work and Family Focus Groups: Rosetown, Lanigan, Grenfell Prepared by The Hiebert Group, for Saskatchewan Women’s Institutes, March 1999. Funded by the Saskatchewan Women’s Secretariat. This report details the findings that emerged in each of three rural communities where focus groups were conducted to identify the specific issues and challenges rural communities face regarding work-family balance. Saskatchewan Women’s Institutes, 10.2 Kirk Hall, 117 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5C8. Phone: (306) 966-5566; Fax (306) 966-5567. This seminar examined both the implications of demographic changes in the workforce and new working arrangements, including several regional case examples. For further information you may contact the CLBC at: 1500 - 55 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 6L5 Phone: (613) 234-0505 or email: info@clbc.ca The Saskatoon Family-Work Partnership, December 1999. This workshop brought together individuals, community representatives and organizations involved in the 1998 Balancing Work and Family Task Force to share information on how different sectors had followed up on the Initiative and to examine possible next steps. Balancing Work and Family Alliance, PO Box 7292, Saskatoon, SK S7K 4J2. Phone: (306) 933-1065. |
