An argument for national pharmacare is the number of older Canadians who either don’t fill prescriptions or skip doses because they’re too expensive, a new study published in…
A local union in Alberta has secured domestic violence leave for employees who work at a long-term care facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. The new…
Starbucks is expanding its parental leave benefits for U.S. employees effective October 2017, according to the company’s website. Birth mothers, who currently receive six weeks…
2017 is a big year for Benefits Canada as the publication celebrates its 40th anniversary. Over the years, the magazine’s activities have expanded to include…
Morneau Shepell Ltd. has acquired Longpré, an employee assistance and wellness program provider based in Montreal. The move expands the company’s presence in Quebec following…
Among the many changes taking effect in 2017 is the reduction to the waiting period for employment insurance to one week. The cut to the waiting…
There was a lot to talk about in the health and benefits space in 2016, from the continuing climb of drug plan costs, questions around…
This year, Canadian health spending will increase by 2.1 per cent, the Canadian Institute for Health Information predicts. The amount, which includes public, insurer and individual…
As Toronto-area commuters dash through Union Station on their way to work or to finish off their Christmas shopping, employees of the agency that runs…
Beware the time-off tax: Canadian employees taking a week of vacation put in 21 hours of extra work to prepare and then get caught up, a…
In late 2015, a Canadian advisory panel on health-care innovation declared the health-care system wasn’t ready for rising costs, quality concerns, accessibility, consumerism and advances…
The streets are snowy, the malls are full of shoppers and a December dilemma has hit again. Should employers sponsor holiday parties, especially if they’ve suffered setbacks…
Achieving success at anything doesn’t just happen. In his 2008 book Outliers, Malcom Gladwell suggested the biggest contributing factor to success among those who are…
As Canadian employers are increasingly recognizing the importance of catering to the diverse needs and preferences of their employees, many are considering the merits of…
A call for responses to potentially reform the guidelines of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board has brought questions about the board’s effectiveness and whether…
Despite employers struggling to retain millennials, only 10 per cent have done anything to integrate them with co-workers from other generations, according to a new…
At design services firm Dialog, awkward annual reviews with their nerve-wracking five-point rating system are no more. “No-one enjoyed doing them,” says Tania Oppedisano, Dialog’s…
Ontario is furthering its work to close the gender wage gap by established a working group to help guide the province’s action plan. The group,…
It’s amazing how much we talk about the need to accommodate different needs by allowing people to work flexible hours and remotely but we still…
How do four hours of housecleaning a month, a baby bonus and a monthly allowance until a child turns five sound as employee benefits? Those…
When 3sHealth wanted to look at its dental plan design, prescription drug deductibles and the impact of new benefit enhancements, the first step was to…
Although rising costs for pension and benefits plans continue to be a concern for employers, many plan sponsors are finding ways to address the challenges…
When Porter Airlines launched in 2006, it employed roughly 200 people. This month, as the airline celebrates its 10th birthday, at least 75 of those…
Rogers Communications Inc. practised what it preached last year when it rolled out a digital communications strategy to share the details of its move to…
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has reached a tentative agreement with Unifor that includes increasing wages and benefits for the union’s members in line with an economic…