An article on how the concept of merit, excellence and intelligence can thwart employers’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week.

Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week:

1. Concept of ‘MEI’ taking away from employers’ DEI efforts: expert

2. Employers gaining upper hand when negotiating pay, benefits with unions: expert

3. CPPIB returns 8% in latest fiscal year, net assets increase to $632BN

4. CPPIB invests $1.2BN in energy operator, considers €300M sale of debt portfolio in Spain

5. Ontario Teachers’ appointing Mabel Wong as CFO