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TELUS and LifeWorks | August 12, 2022

TELUS Corporation and LifeWorks Inc. today announced that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) has granted its final order (the Court Approval) approving the plan of arrangement (the Arrangement) in respect of the acquisition by TELUS of LifeWorks previously announced on June 16, 2022. TELUS and LifeWorks also announced that the Competition Bureau of Canada has issued a no action letter in respect of the Arrangement. Accordingly, Competition Act Approval, as def...

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, PAYROLL

Perkbox | July 16, 2022

Perkbox, the global benefits and reward platform, has announced the launch of the Perkbox Partner Programme. Open to any B2B businesses or intermediaries that serve the HR sector, it unlocks best-in-class rewards and benefits for their customers with globally dispersed employees. The Partnership Programme is now live, opening the door to incentives and rebates for many partners, with a host of leading companies already signed up. These include HiBob, the modern HR platform t...

YourStory | March 25, 2020

Every year, billions of dollars are lost due to the low productivity of unhappy employees. According to an international survey done by Ipsos, 85 percent of employees are unhappy at the workplace . And unhappy employees result in workplace unrest, stress, and societal issues, even among the younger generations. “Mismatch of jobs with personalities, within teams, with hiring managers, and with the organisation culture or DNA is one of the biggest causes of this problem,” says Karunjit...

KPMG LLP | August 25, 2020

Through a strategic alliance, KPMG LLP (KPMG) and Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today announced the launch of the Workplace Reentry Digital Toolkit, to assist companies in getting their employees back to their work locations in a measured way, while following the phases and guidelines outlined by federal, state and local governments. This digital toolkit is an important enabling technology underlying KPMG's Restarting America framework, which provides organizations with tools to help evaluate challe...