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Your Workplace Can Feel the Benefits of Work-Life Balance for Employees

No one expects employers to be 100% responsible for their employees’ work-life balance, but have you considered the benefits of work-life balance for employees on your workplace?

Work-life balance can drastically improve employee productivity, satisfaction, and overall happiness. If that’s something that sounds valuable to you, keep reading for information on how to ensure your workplace will feel the benefits of work-life balance for employees

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Help Employees Build Community

When employees feel a sense of belonging both in and outside of work, it leads to higher job satisfaction and better productivity. Here are three resources employees can use to find or create community: 

1. Develop DEI in the workplace: diversity, equity, and inclusion benefits everyone, from all communities. It helps people feel welcome and promotes the value of all voices. 
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2. Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) help new Canadians: LIPs are key to your workforce because they help your workforce get settled in Canada. 

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3. Help the Hidden Workforce: currently there are approximately 32,000 people in eastern Ontario who are under- or unemployed, but they don’t have to be. Helping this Hidden Workforce find community and work empowers not only your business but our entire region. 

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Share Tools That Provide Benefits Work-Life Balance for Employees

These important tools increase opportunities for employees and job seekers. 

1. Help employees plan: career pathway planning hubs in eastern Ontario connect employers, job seekers, students, and parents.

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2. Keep employees wanting to work: use these retention strategies to keep employees excited about coming to work. 

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3. Stay skilled: keep employees engaged with upskilling and skills training opportunities opportunities. 

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Work-life balance for your employees is win-win for you, your employees, and your business. 

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