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The real cost of upsetting the work-life balance

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Dec. 20, 2010
A connection between bad bosses and bad health has long been suspected… Now, new research shows that a manager’s approach to work-life balance predicts just how likely his or her employees are to have a heart attack or a stroke – catastrophic events that cost $25-billion a year, according to the Conference Board of Canada. That sum includes disability benefits, hospital care and drugs, but doesn’t come close to measuring the human costs – the family relationships, expertise, and human capital lost when an employee burns out or, worse, dies prematurely.

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Sex education is too important to be left to parents

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Apr. 26, 2010
The scientists crunched the data from 83 published studies of sex-ed programs taught all over the world, including in Canada. They found that 42 per cent of these programs significantly delayed kids’ sexual debuts… if I had to choose, I’d take tolerance over ignorance. Granted, there is such a thing as too much information. But as any pregnant 15-year-old will tell you, it’s a whole lot better than no information at all.

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