Archives September 2016

September 2016

Health benefits

“It would take me the entire hour to get rid of all the trigger points along your spine,” the massage therapist tells me during a…

Despite all of the concern about the sustainability of drug plans, it seems rising claims for paramedical services such as massage therapy aren’t a big…

Three years ago, Imax Corp. created a $500 annual wellness spending account for its Canadian employees to spend on anything related to health and fitness.…

While much of the talk has been about conditions such as hepatitis C, a number of other diseases are likely to start taking a bigger…

Without a doubt, drug plan management has become more complex. Growing utilization has been a driving factor for more than a decade, but the emergence…

Benefits Canada News

“It would take me the entire hour to get rid of all the trigger points along your spine,” the massage therapist tells me during a…

Despite all of the concern about the sustainability of drug plans, it seems rising claims for paramedical services such as massage therapy aren’t a big…

Three years ago, Imax Corp. created a $500 annual wellness spending account for its Canadian employees to spend on anything related to health and fitness.…

Exchange-traded funds are gaining ground. According to the London, England-based research and consultancy firm ETFGI LLP, assets invested in ETFs and exchange-traded products listed globally…

With the provision of defined benefit pensions on the decline and the subsequent growth in defined contribution plans, Canada’s retirement savings landscape is in a…

With 30 per cent of all disability claims now related to a mental illness and the numbers continuing to rise, are we making headway in…

What does it mean for an employer to consider the preferences of a religious group, such as Muslims, in laying out investment options in a…

With the wave of robotics and artificial intelligence anticipated to wash over the workplace, keeping pace with it all could require the attention of a…

While much of the talk has been about conditions such as hepatitis C, a number of other diseases are likely to start taking a bigger…

Canada’s Income Tax Act is generally not a place people turn to for easy answers, so figuring out whether benefits provided to employees are taxable…

Without a doubt, drug plan management has become more complex. Growing utilization has been a driving factor for more than a decade, but the emergence…

Stephanie Berry wasn’t exactly happy in 2011 when, after working for 19 years as an information technology supervisor for the state of Tennessee, she learned…

Throughout 2012, Ted Menzies, then the federal minister of state for finance tasked with the development of pooled registered pension plans, consistently proclaimed they were…

Absence management

With 30 per cent of all disability claims now related to a mental illness and the numbers continuing to rise, are we making headway in…

Other

With the wave of robotics and artificial intelligence anticipated to wash over the workplace, keeping pace with it all could require the attention of a…

Canada’s Income Tax Act is generally not a place people turn to for easy answers, so figuring out whether benefits provided to employees are taxable…

Stephanie Berry wasn’t exactly happy in 2011 when, after working for 19 years as an information technology supervisor for the state of Tennessee, she learned…

Governance/legislation

With the provision of defined benefit pensions on the decline and the subsequent growth in defined contribution plans, Canada’s retirement savings landscape is in a…

Throughout 2012, Ted Menzies, then the federal minister of state for finance tasked with the development of pooled registered pension plans, consistently proclaimed they were…