Archives March 2013

March 2013

Health benefits

The unprecedented convergence of the brand name drug patent cliff, combined with progressive generic price regulations in most provinces, has resulted in a dramatic and…

Leading-edge organizations look for ways to implement innovative solutions to manage their costs and be better prepared for the effects of future changes in the…

Defined benefit pensions

On Jan. 1, 2013, amendments to Ontario’s Pension Benefits Act (PBA) took effect, allowing employers to use a letter of credit (LOC) to cover up…

Health/wellness

WorkSafeBC is just like any other employer, in that it has a health and safety policy, which, by law, follows Occupational Health and Safety regulations.…

In corporate wellness strategies, measurement is often the missing component. To achieve its goals, a corporate wellness strategy must be able to answer two questions:…

Other

Charles Ferguson’s 2011 Oscar-winning documentary, Inside Job, analyzes how experts routinely fail to disclose conflicts of interest in the financial sector. One conflict in the…

Governance/legislation

The 2008 economic crisis and its lasting aftermath have significantly influenced the dynamics of collective bargaining in both the public and private sectors in Canada.…

On Feb. 1, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its hotly anticipated decision in the Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v. United Steelworkers (Indalex)…