Pandemic Panic
Imagine this scenario. You’re sitting at your desk on Monday morning, digging through the mountain of emails that has amassed in your inbox since Friday…
Imagine this scenario. You’re sitting at your desk on Monday morning, digging through the mountain of emails that has amassed in your inbox since Friday…
The H1N1 flu continues to play hide-and-seek with the public. Will it reach true pandemic proportions as predicted? Considering that pandemics occur in waves and…
Irene Klatt, vice-president, health insurance, with the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, talks about biologic drug therapies and where they fit into the group…
Many western Canadian companies are struggling with increasing benefits costs as well as retention and attraction issues. Discussions flow as chief financial officers (CFOs) and…
In one sense, Melodie Li has a “second life.” The part-time HR generalist with Next Level Games Inc., an independent third-party video game developer in…
The recent economic turmoil has forced Canadian employers to reconsider their group benefits programs. As a result, many companies have renewed their interest in the…
Little Box is a privately held company, but its president and CEO, Robert Meggy, doesn’t keep too many secrets from his employees. “We run open-book…
Defined benefit (DB) pension plans around the world are facing significant pressure as a result of the market turmoil that started in 2008. Many plans…
The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent and much anticipated ruling in Elaine Nolan et al. v. Kerry (Canada) Inc. et al. has brought some needed…
In Elaine Nolan et al. v. Kerry (Canada) Inc. et al., the Supreme Court of Canada reviewed several issues—most significantly, the level of deference to…
The economic crisis of 2008 significantly diminished the assets held by Canadian pension plan funds, impairing the solvency funding levels of defined benefit (DB) pension…
The West has certainly been an active contributor to the incredible activity on the pension reform front that we have seen since 2007. Following a…
