There are many factors affecting employee wellness and financial stress is one of them. However, there are also many things a credit union can do to help staff cope with life’s challenges. By Alexandra Samur Employees across industries report being more stressed than...
March 7, 2018, Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – B.C. women worry more than B.C. men about their finances, with 52% experiencing “extreme emotional stress” and 59% feeling unsatisfied with their financial situation, according to a new Vancity...
There’s lots to celebrate in Canada from a financial point of view as we head into the final weeks of 2017. Unemployment is down, wages are up, stocks are chugging along and houses have held the value they’ve built up in the past decade. We have a strong...
OECD Warns on Rising Debt Risk as Canadians Most in the Red Further evidence that financial stress is now a mainstream issue. As reported in our white paper series, increased debt loads are putting Canadians in financially precarious situations. The OECD warned that...
We spend, we worry about money, we spend some more. Why do we do this to ourselves? A recent survey of 5,200 people by a financial services consulting firm has uncovered a staggering level of repressed financial stress. Forty-seven per cent of participants agreed that...
Shame and embarrassment often impede Canadians from acknowledging their personal financial struggles, a new study - commissioned by financial services group Manulife - on health and wealth finds. “The stigma, shame and embarrassment of being financially...
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