The board
Teleworking deductions: lobby the government for 2024
Were your employees surprised and shocked this year when you refused to provide them with forms TP-64.3 at the provincial level and T2200 at the federal level? You’re not the only ones and your employees probably thought you were being bad…like always. Both forms allow employees who telework to deduct certain expenses related to working from home on their tax returns. However, unlike the previous two years, the simplified method of $2 per day has been abolished. As Manon Poirier, general director of the Order of Chartered Human Resources Advisors of Quebec, explains during a telephone interview, the framework is rigid this year. The choice of verb is very important in the employment contract. To have the right to issue these two forms, the employer must force its employees to telework. If the employer allows teleworking, he cannot fulfill them. “An employer who wants to comply with current tax rules, if he cannot demonstrate that there is a teleworking requirement on his part, he could put himself in a problematic situation by filling out these forms to everyone . » Manon Poirier affirms that this position will have to be reconsidered for the 2024 tax year. “The government should take a step back, then say “teleworking is an established practice, which has multiple advantages collectively, let’s recognize it , then let’s support it with more current tax rules, as was the method of $2 per teleworking day”. »
Source : The Press
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Dominic Gagnon, co-founder and president of Connect & GO
decision
Offer 4 days a week before the arrival of the next wave
It was a question of mental health, work-life balance, but above all, it was to have a head start on competitors in recruitment that Dominic Gagnon, co-founder and president of Connect & GO, opted for a four-day week. “My feeling is that everyone will end up working 4 days a week, because we can be more productive, and with the labor problem, we have to reduce the quantity of hours worked to optimize our resources,” he explains in an interview. “I said to myself, if we do it later, we won’t benefit from the wave. » His smart bracelet company offers the same salaries, the same number of weeks of vacation and no longer has staff turnover. “Because if someone leaves, they will want to find another position within four days and there are not many,” he notes. To optimize productivity, teams have reduced meetings, used artificial intelligence and other tools. “It brings a culture of performance and an elitist side,” he confides. Someone who is not able to do the same amount of work in four days should be let go. You can no longer have interns, nor hire juniors, we have seen this here, because if I ask one employee to help another, there will be a loss of productivity, and we cannot allow it in four days. »
Source : The Press
The study
Helping your employee caregivers
Only 12% of organizations have implemented specific measures to assess the needs of caregivers in terms of family-work balance, reveals the most recent annual Concilivi survey carried out by Léger among 1,039 Quebec employers. If 88% of employers deploy measures to facilitate family-work balance for their employees, the same is not true for the third of Quebecers who assume caregiving responsibilities for at least one hour per week. The vast majority of employers (79%) say they face challenges when an employee is a caregiver, whether it is the unpredictability of absences (51%), the duration of absences (42%) or the sudden interruption of work. work (39%). To the question “To what extent could the following elements encourage your organization to commit to the implementation of organizational practices promoting the inclusion and continued employment of caregivers?” », 72% indicated government assistance in the form of subsidies, 65%, a better understanding of the reality of caregivers and 59%, information on the cases of companies that have done so.
Source: Concilivi/Réseau pour un Québec Famille
The project
Intrapreneurship
Promoting innovation, motivating employees, retaining talent, increasing productivity, identifying new business opportunities… These are the types of reasons that lead to intrapreneurship, a type of entrepreneurship within your organization. The Regroupement des Jeunes Chambres de Commerce du Québec (RJCCQ), in partnership with the Ministry of the Economy, Innovation and Energy, launches the program Intrapret, which will allow around fifteen young professionals to experience entrepreneurship within the company that hires them. The support program worth $25,000 will be offered by the Talsom firm. This will support future intrapreneurs in their digital transformation projects, organizational transformation or creation of subsidiaries. This could be a restructuring of the supply chain or data governance and the use of artificial intelligence. Intrapreneurs have until July 19 to submit their project to the RJCCQ.
Visit the website of the Regroupement des Jeunes Chambres de Commerce du Québec
Source: RJCCQ
The trend
“Resenteeism”
After the “silent resignation”, here comes the “resentment”, observed among employees who hate their work and do it on autopilot mode. These employees have family obligations and financial responsibilities. They cannot find other positions elsewhere or think that they will not find any. Consequently, they remain, but are embittered. Some also stay because the office is 15 minutes from home and that allows them to see their children. This unproductive mentality is affecting small and large businesses across the country, reports the New York Post. Over time, employees begin to resent their employer because they feel trapped in a job they don’t want, explains one expert. The cause ? Lack of advancement opportunities, toxic company culture, excessive workload, and feelings of burnout. However, it is possible to remedy this by listening to what employees really want. And if employees lack opportunities for advancement, they should ask their manager to set parameters for a promotion, reports the New York Post.
Read the New York Post article
Source : New York Post
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