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Top of mind: Other
August 2020 report
...Insurance Update continued from page 8 respondents saving more and feeling more
in control over finances, the most commonly
reported concern of Canadians remains the
parents education pandemic’s ongoing impact on finances and
care
country ongoing survive business away waiting the economy (49 percent).
death
“While the economy continues to be
order
top-of-mind for all Canadians, those who
finishing pay survey healthy health indicate high levels of uncertainty (-26.8)
future
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and those who most believe we will not
related
return to a pre-pandemic state (-19.6),
living
need
understand that even as some people are
coming finances sure getting possible have the lowest scores. It is important to
travel
adapting, others are not,” said Allen. “The
corrupt people family work usual importance of collective responsibility goes
knowing covid climate planet well beyond wearing a mask in public. We
trudeau catching mental visit issues each need to look for changes in our friends
and family, and offer support for those
needing professional help.”
life
second everything world know mind physical works problems About the Mental Health Index™
return
The monthly survey by Morneau
long canada cancer retirement impact government normal Shepell was conducted through an
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children
cost
money corruption personal adult online survey in English and French
from July 21 to July 31, 2020, with 3,000
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state canadian general safe respondents in Canada. All respondents
particular social reside in Canada and were employed
household stay within the last six months. The data has
income been statistically weighted to ensure
the regional and gender composition of
the sample reflects this population. The
margins of error for the survey are +/- 3.2
Individuals that selected ‘Other’ as a top of mind issue were prompted percent, valid 19 times out of 20. The
Mental Health Index™ is published monthly,
to input a text response. Text analysis revealed that the most beginning April 2020, and compares against
commonly reported other issues relate to COVID-19, health, work, benchmark data collected in 2017, 2018 and
family, climate change, retirement, and travel. 2019. The full Canada report can be found
at:
https://www.morneaushepell.com/
two (-13.0) children are significantly lower Paradigm shifts from concern over work and permafiles/92996/mental-health-index-
than those with none (-9.9). Surprisingly, finances, to anxieties about personal life report-canada-august-2020.pdf
individuals with a full house appear to have The “new normal” has become a
adapted well to the pandemic; a score of household term since the pandemic About Morneau Shepell
-8.6 was reported among those with three began; however, Canadians are still having Morneau Shepell is a leading provider
children or more. difficultly adapting to their new routines. of technology-enabled HR services that
The mental health of those working in When considering the areas that have been deliver an integrated approach to employee
the education sector declined to -11.6 from most challenging, the Mental Health Index™ wellbeing through our cloud-based platform.
a score of -11.1 in July. Post-secondary found that adjusting to changes in one’s Our focus is providing world-class solutions
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students have the largest drop of any personal life was more difficult than in their to our clients to support the mental, 22
group, decreasing from -23.7 to -28.5. Post- work life or finances. Thirty-four percent of physical, social and financial wellbeing of
secondary students have also consistently respondents stated they were undecided or their people. By improving lives, we improve
had the lowest score of any group when felt they had adapted poorly to changes in business. Our approach spans services in
compared to all industries across the their personal life or routine, and 30 percent employee and family assistance, health and
country. believed they had adapted badly to both wellness, recognition, pension and benefits
“September will be a particularly changes in work and finances respectively. administration, retirement consulting,
difficult month for Canadians, as they The results show that while the first few actuarial and investment services. Morneau
face another major change in routine months of the pandemic brought forward Shepell employs approximately 6,000
and new challenges,” said Paula Allen, many questions about employment and employees who work with some 24,000 client
senior vice president of research, analytics financial security, the paradigm has now organizations that use our services in 162
and innovation. “As we navigate several shifted. Canadians have begun to regain countries. Morneau Shepell is a publicly traded
uncertainties over the coming weeks, it’s some control in areas that were initially company on the Toronto Stock Exchange
critical that all Canadians continue to be challenging and instead, are now facing (TSX: MSI). For more information, visit
accountable for their health, maintain open increasing insecurities in their day-to-day morneaushepell.com.
communication, and actively invest in their life as restrictions ease across the country
own mental wellbeing.” and isolated outbreaks occur. Despite

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