Younger workers most likely to postpone holiday because of costs
“While summer may look different from one worker to another across various industries in Canada, it tends to bear shared growth in happiness reflecting on similar scores recorded last summer,” said ADP Canada’s vice-president of marketing, Heather Haslam.
“With most workers planning to take vacation this summer, it’s important for employers to ensure those who are taking time off can completely step away, while those working aren’t burdened with filling the gap,” said Haslam.
The poll also found that 46 per cent of workers felt satisfied with their current roles and responsibilities, with almost all secondary indicators, such as work-life balance and flexibility, recognition and support, and compensation and benefits, seeing an increase in June.
Boomers, with a score of 7.1 out of 10, hold steady as the happiest generation of workers in Canada, with gen Zers following close behind (scoring 7 out of 10). Québec scored the top spot as the country’s happiest region.
ADP Canada’s “happiness at work index” is measured through a monthly survey conducted by Maru Public Opinion on behalf of the company. The survey runs every first week of the reported month and asks over 1,200 randomly selected employed Canadian adults, with an estimated margin of error of +/-2.8 per cent, 19 times out of 20.