Annual Report 2019/20
Investing in
OUR EMPLOYEES SARCAN’s employees are our greatest asset. This year we continued to invest in the training, education, and development of our team members across all SARCAN facilities. Planning for Retirement In spring of 2019, SARCAN launched the Preparing for Retirement Project. Our aim is to support employees to feel more confident, prepared, and connected as they plan for, or transition into retirement. Our primary focus this year was education: providing group learning sessions and developing self-directed resources. From October to March, we hosted 9 “Tab Talks” on a variety of topics related to retirement, including pension and benefits, budgeting, income and community supports, and wills and estates. All employees were encouraged to attend these sessions, delivered online, in-person, and through video recordings of presentations. On average, at least 60 employees attended each live session. SARCAN is grateful to Service Canada, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services, Credit Counselling Society, Affinity Credit Union, Sunlife Financial, LifeWorks, The Cooperators, and the Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan for presenting these sessions with us.
We also developed a Preparing for Retirement Handbook, targeted toward later-career employees thinking about retirement. The handbook included a quick reference guide, roadmap of key dates, and interactive worksheet package. We shared the handbook with all employees over email, the Connect intranet site, and mailed a hard copy to have as a resource at all locations.
A FEW OTHER PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: ■ Meeting with over 50 individual employees at depots and plants, discussing retirement planning, answering employee questions, and reviewing resources together. ■ Creating 6 written case studies based on real experiences with transitioning to retirement to use as learning materials with supervisors and managers. ■ Holding meetings with external stakeholders to discuss gaps and opportunities. ■ Researching potential enhancements to pension and benefits plans. ■ Developing internal tools to improve processes around accommodations and retirement transitions.
We would like to thank the Community Initiatives Fund for their financial support of this project. 32
