Work-Life Balance and Stress

Ottawa Public Health - Balancing Work and Home   Work life conflict occurs when people have trouble balancing their home commitments with their work responsibilities. This may result in absenteeism, more unproductive time at work and staff turnover. The result is costly to organizations as well as individuals. Learn about the benefits of a family-supportive workplace, how employers can create a family-supportive workplace, and tips to make balancing work and home easier.

University of Guelph, Centre for Families, Work and Wellbeing – Fact sheet on Returning to work after stress leave

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety – Psychosocial work environment
These web pages cover issues dealing with stress and its causes and effects. It includes topics on harassment (sexual, personal, etc.), post-traumatic stress disorder, absenteeism, burn-out, substance and alcohol abuse, workplace violence, workplace health and wellness programs, EAPs (employee assistance programs), prevention programs, etc.

Canadian Mental Health Association – Work/Life Balance   With all the different roles that Canadians play in their lives, they must also make room in their lives for taking care of their own physical and mental well-being.  Find out what you can do to make your work/life balance.

Healthy Workplace Month – How Healthy is my Work Culture: Self Assessment Tool
The healthiness of a job depends not only on how others act toward you, but also how you act toward others. This self-assessment tool is meant for individual reflection, not for comparison with others. The scores give an idea of your personal work situation.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat - Making the Most of Human Resources
Talent management can maximize the contributions of employees and is based on a combination or organizational and job-focused key leadership competencies, all of which may include knowledge, skills, values and ethics, and behaviours.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat - Dealing with Harassment
When people work together, conflict is inevitable, but this must not be allowed to escalate. As a manager, you need to promote respectful working relationships and help deal with conflict constructively. The Treasury Board Policy on the Prevention and Resolution of Harassment in the Workplace specifies your responsibilities and your accountability as a manager. If you think harassment is taking place, you must take measures promptly to end it.

York Region Health Unit - Measuring Up: Stress and Satisfaction - A Self Assessment Tool   A tool to help you assess the way you manage stress and stress risks. This is an excellent checklist for individual employees and managers interested in assessing the impact of their management style. This tool is drawn from the renowned work of Martin Shain from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and his Business Culture Index.

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety - Work-Life Balance
Learn about work/Life balance initiatives, why a workplace should consider these, and some implementation steps. Add