Web site promotes work-life balance. (Health).Millions of Canadians experience a moderate to high amount of stress when trying to balance personal time with work responsibilities; this fact has not gone unnoticed by the Government of Canada The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada. In modern Canadian use, the term "government" (or "federal government") refers broadly to the cabinet of the day and . The Ministry of Labour launched a Web site as a tool to help organizations design and implement supportive programs, facilitate change in the . workplace and measure progress against leading organizations. A survey done in 1999 by the Conference Board of Canada The Conference Board of Canada is a not-for-profit Canadian organization dedicated to researching and analyzing economic trends, as well as organizational performance and public policy issues. revealed over 45 per cent of Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. workers suffer various levels of stress when attempting to balance their personal lives and work. The Web site provides the means for people to share and evaluate information on a variety of work-life issues such as benefits of work-related child-care centres and-pioneering provisions in collective agreements. The site also allows employers, unions, managers and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. practitioners to access the latest information, and examples of best practices that enhance work-life balance The expression work-life balance was first used in 1986 in the US (although had been used in the UK from the late 1970s by organisations such as New Ways to Work and the Working Mother's Association) to help explain the unhealthy life choices that many people were making; they were for workers. Work and Family Provisions in Canadian Collective Agreements, a ministry study, looked at different collective agreements in Canada and identified practices and policies that have been helpful in easing the tension between work and personal time. The study showed agreements between unions and employers that have incorporated distinctive and resourceful re·source·ful adj. Able to act effectively or imaginatively, especially in difficult situations. re·source  ful·ly adv. provisions to help reduce workplace pressures.
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