June 2007
	NB Employers Learned the Benefits of Reducing Wage Gap at Conference
	Are you a Best Small-Medium Employer in Canada? Participate in Queen’s University study!
	Mike Holmes Coming to Saint John – June 16
	Wage Gap Website and Employer Toolkit Launched!
	Wage Gap Scholarship Recipient Profile: Cara DeBruyne
	Students ready for employment stage of Partners Building Futures project

One out of every three Canadians identifies themselves as a workaholic, and these individuals are much more likely to be dissatisfied with the balance between their work and family time than other workers, a new study has found.

About 39% of self-identified workaholics reported that they usually worked 50 or more hours per week, twice the proportion of only 20% among non-workaholics.

Source: Statistics Canada

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NB Employers Learned the Benefits of Reducing Wage Gap at Conference

The Wage Gap Employer Conference held in Fredericton on May 22 was the first major event for employers to come out and learn more about the issue of wage gap and how reducing it can benefit their businesses.

Over 175 stakeholders, public and private employers from across the province participated in the event.

The wage gap is the difference between the average wages earned by men and the average wages earned by women. New Brunswick currently has the third lowest wage gap in Canada at 12 % according to Statistics Canada.

The conference highlighted innovative ways to increase productivity and competitiveness for businesses through wage gap reduction strategies.

"Everyone has a role to play in reducing the wage gap, and everyone benefits," said Minister responsible for the Status of Women Carmel Robichaud. "Employees benefit from positive changes in the workforce; employers benefit from meeting their human resource challenges; and society benefits by changing outdated attitudes about the place and value of women in the workplace."

"There's an economic impact that's larger than the salary," said Anne Hébert of the Francophone Economic Council of New Brunswick when talking about the potential benefits of closing the wage gap. "When you have a larger salary, you pay higher taxes, so the entire province has an advantage to women being paid fairly."

Participants attended various breakout workshop sessions including Human Resource Plan Development; Wage Gap Employer Toolkit; Province of Quebec’s Pay Equity Experience; Working Toward a Safe, Open, and Respectful Work Climate; NB Labour Market Information; and Queen's University's Best Small and Medium Employers in Canada study.

Keynote speaker, Dr. Linda Duxbury, closed off the day with a presentation on demographics, work-life balance, and the impending labour and skills shortage. Duxbury stressed the importance for employers to focus on employee’s well being. Her extensive research concludes that in order to attract and retain the best workers, it is essential to create a positive and healthy workplace environment.

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