As several provincial governments seek feedback on their legislative framework for recreational cannabis, the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is raising industry concerns about…
Saskatchewan begins applying its new six per cent sales tax on insurance premiums on Aug. 1. Will the new tax be a significant cost to…
More than 700 airport workers employed by Swissport Canada Handling at Toronto Pearson International Airport walked off the job last week in a dispute over…
As Saskatchewan’s move to levy the provincial sales tax on insurance premiums takes effect next week, the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association says the…
Canadians over the age of 52 are the least likely to use digital technology to communicate with health-care professionals, according to a new survey by…
A B.C. municipality will get another chance to make its case for terminating three employees on long-term disability with no hope of coming back to…
The Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear an appeal from a former Nortel Networks Corp. employee who claimed her charter rights were violated over the…
The conversation around the need for a national pharmacare program is picking up as the Canadian Labour Congress prepares to launch a campaign this fall. “Our…
The investigation into benefits fraud at the Toronto Transit Commission has taken yet another turn as police announce new charges involving claims submitted to the…
A labour arbitrator has served notice that employees who commit benefit fraud will have a hard time avoiding dismissal. Earlier this summer, arbitrator Eli Gedalof upheld…
Quebec has reached an agreement with the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association to lower drug costs by $1.5 billion over five years, thereby putting an end…
The vast majority (86 per cent) of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s pensioners are happy they retired when they did, according to a new…
Green Shield Canada is rolling out a new pharmacy rating system in October 2017. The insurer’s program will measure individual pharmacies’ performance and provide feedback…
Sears Canada Inc. has reversed course and will continue to make special payments to its defined benefit pension plan and provide post-employment benefits plans until…
U.S. Steel Canada Inc. has successfully restructured and has exited protection under the Companies’ Creditor Arrangement Act with Bedrock Industries Group LLC as its new…
Canadian digital benefits platform League has introduced a virtual care platform that delivers online health services to employees. The service allows employees who are members…
Quebec has made headlines over the past week by proposing to move to a tendering process for generic drugs in an effort to reduce the…
Requiring Sears Canada Inc. to continue special payments to its defined benefit pension plan would put the company’s operations at risk given its liquidity constraints, the…
As technology and heightened customer expectations spur demand for change in life and health benefits, the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is aiming to…
The cost of multi-employer health plans in the United States has increased consistently over the past decade, rising at an average of 4.8 per cent per…
Former Sears Canada Inc. employees are already feeling the impact of the company’s restructuring proceedings as they receive letters informing them of cuts to severance payments and…
The Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association is urging Quebec to abandon its plan to issue tenders for generic drugs. The provincial government’s plan represents a risky…
Employers with staff in Saskatchewan will see their insurance premiums rise by six per cent this August due to a new tax introduced by the…
Quebec’s long-awaited move to ask drug manufacturers to bid for exclusive supply contracts for generic prescription drugs should help private benefit plans, according to an expert on…
As plan sponsors wait for more information on changes to Ontario’s Trillium program for catastrophic drug costs, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care…