Peter Demangos

Sounding Board: Five ways to cut benefit costs while preserving value for staff

Last week, after years of declining revenue, Postmedia Network Inc. released an internal memo announcing significant cuts to non-unionized employees’ benefits. At first glance, the changes appear warranted for the struggling media company. Upon closer inspection, the question isn’t whether the company should have cut benefits but rather how it could have strategically reduced health-care […]

  • March 17, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:57

4 strategies to save on benefits plan costs

Four short-term strategies to save on benefits plan costs

  • October 31, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 07:00

What drives the costs of benefits?

Every year, plan administrators are faced with the unique challenge of finding creative ways to control benefits costs and enhance employee value.

  • April 23, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 10:04

Wellness equals lower insurance premiums

Fundamentally, a group health and dental program is simply a “cost-plus” arrangement.

  • May 29, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 08:38