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Innovation | Jun 02, 2021

How to support health and safety in the workplace while it’s more important than ever

Supporting workplace health and safety has always been at the forefront of employers’ priorities. Not only do healthy and safe environments contribute to an individual’s overall morale, motivation, life enjoyment and fulfillment, physical health and...

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Resources | Nov 12, 2020

Conflict at work can be a good thing. Here's how to handle it...

Conflict is inevitable – even in the workplace. As a manager or business owner, a peaceful workplace free of disagreements...

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Resources | Oct 25, 2020

Breaking the worry habit

It’s 3 a.m. and you’ve been awake half the night worrying about bills, relationships, children, jobs and “what if”...

Resources | Oct 10, 2020

Maintaining psychologically safe workplaces with remote teams

With a large portion of employees around Canada now instructed to work from home where possible, it’s a pivotal time to find...

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Resources | Sep 30, 2020

Effective, engaging onboarding in a remote setting

So you’ve found the perfect candidate to join your team – congrats! While you and your organization obviously made a great...

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Resources | Sep 23, 2020

Optimizing the employee departure process in a remote environment

When an organization and an employee part ways, there’s often a relatively-short window of time to wrap up work, transition...

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Resources | Sep 16, 2020

Leveraging connection, collaboration and creativity in team-building

Effective team-building is about far more than simply making sure colleagues get along; it’s also about mixing and balancing complementary skills and talents so that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When planned and executed properly,...

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Resources | Sep 09, 2020

The importance of recognition in a remote environment

Even the most self-effacing team members appreciate some level of recognition for their efforts and contributions – it’s...

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Resources | Aug 26, 2020

Strengthening leadership skills in a remote environment

While every people leader likely describes their role somewhat differently, some of the most popular definitions of...

Resources | Jun 22, 2020

Understanding the past & building a better future: resources recommended by our VP of HR

Nicole Stewart’s book club is back! This time, our Vice President of Human Resources is recommending some educational...

Resources | Jun 18, 2020

Five ways to start creating a more inclusive workplace

Regardless of industry, size or location, all organizations benefit from a diverse workforce. Not only is it ethically right to mirror the communities served in the workforces that serve them; diversity can also make organizations more successful....

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Innovation | May 28, 2020

Searching for timely payroll and HR info? Payworks' Home Screen has everything you need

Since the beginning of March, we’ve been working hard to provide the most up-to-date information we can to you, our clients,...

Innovation | Jan 28, 2020

New: email notifications

Your day-to-day tasks list is long enough already. That’s why we’ve enabled notifications within Payworks’ Human Resources...

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Innovation | Jan 13, 2020

Introducing: HR Advisory Services

Do you want to evolve the health and well-being of your workforce and organization, but aren’t sure where to start? Payworks...

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