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Editorial: Many happy returns

With the return of autumn, change is once again in the air. For the last nine months, I’ve lead the editorial team at Benefits Canada…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
  • 09:00
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B.C. family doctors call for sick days, pensions ahead of October election

Representatives of family doctors in British Columbia say giving physicians paid sick days, vacation coverage, extended health and dental benefits and a pension plan is…

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Head to head: Are employers reversing the ‘she-cession’ in the post-pandemic era?

One chief executive officer acknowledges that employers have made promising progress, while a human resources director argues more work needs to be done. Jodi Kovitz,…

  • By: Sadie Janes
  • September 13, 2024 November 14, 2024
  • 08:59
Benefits Canada Archive

How Manulife is supporting employees through the many stages of their health journeys

When Jennifer Young, a global human resources business solutions consultant at Manulife Financial Corp., found out she was expecting her first child in 2021, she…

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How employers can support female employees’ financial, retirement wellness

Brianne Collins, age 29, has worked as a senior copywriter at a large Toronto-based advertising agency for just over a year. Collins’ agency supports employee…

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2024 CAP Member Survey: How CAPs are supporting employee financial wellness amid growing economic uncertainty

From 2016 to 2024, fewer plan members are confident they’ve saved enough for retirement. Indeed, Benefits Canada’s 2024 CAP Member Survey found plan members’ optimism…

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How plan sponsors can support employees going through a divorce

Going through a divorce can be an extremely stressful and emotional experience and, unsurprisingly, the impacts can spill into the workplace. “[Employees may be] at…

Benefits Canada Archive

Q&A with B.C. Lottery Corp.’s Madhavee Inamdar

The B.C. Lottery Corp.’s manager of diversity, inclusion and belonging discusses weaving inclusivity into the fabric of a business, bringing organizations together to share diversity,…

Health/wellness

Employers focused on employee well-being twice as likely to report strong talent, financial outcomes: survey

Employers that are highly focused on employee well-being are twice as likely to report better human capital and financial outcomes than companies with low well-being effectiveness,…

  • By: Staff
  • September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024
  • 15:00
Benefits Canada News

Remote working supporting employee productivity but not a one-size-fits-all solution: expert

While hybrid and remote working arrangements can help some employees be more productive, it’s important that employers don’t take a “one-size-fits-all” approach when implementing these…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • September 12, 2024 September 11, 2024
  • 09:00
Health benefits

York University, YUFA agreement includes multiple benefits gains

The union representing more than 1,600 faculty, librarians, archivists and post-doctoral researchers at York University has ratified a three-year collective agreement that includes multiple benefits…

  • By: Staff
  • September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024
  • 09:00
Absence management

Mental-health leaves of absence among U.S. workers up 22% in Q1 2024: report

Roughly one in ten (11 per cent) of all leaves of absence among U.S. workers in the first quarter of 2024 were due to mental…

  • By: Staff
  • September 11, 2024 September 11, 2024
  • 15:00
Benefits Canada News

Survey finds hybrid, remote employees more productive, connected to work

A majority of global employees say they feel more productive (84 per cent) and more connected to their teams (82 per cent) while working in…

  • By: Staff
  • September 10, 2024 September 10, 2024
  • 15:00

New technologies, industry partnerships stemming the tide of benefits fraud

In 2016, the Toronto Transit Commission sued its insurer for allegedly not having appropriate benefits fraud controls in place to detect unusual trends or patterns.…

Sounding Board: What plan sponsors should know about pharmacare

Plan sponsors worried about the expense and sustainability of their drug plan might initially embrace a pharmacare plan, hoping to shift drug costs to a…

Top 5 HR, benefits, pensions and investment stories of the week

An article on the Ontario Court of Appeal’s affirmation of a $1.5 million punitive damages award was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this week. Here are the…

  • By: Staff
  • February 9, 2024 February 8, 2024
  • 09:00

So long foosball, hello savings: How work perks are evolving amid the rising cost of living

The workplace programs, tools and supports that employees value have changed over the last four years, leading many employers to pause certain office perks, such…

Coverage of the 2024 Healthy Outcomes Conference

On Oct. 18 in Toronto, the 2024 Healthy Outcomes Conference brought together nearly 140 benefits plan sponsors, experts and other industry thought leaders to exchange…

2024 HOC: How preventative health innovations could transform benefits plans

Plan sponsors are facing the perfect storm of rising benefits costs, a surge in chronic disease prevalence and fierce competition for top talent. All the…

61% of Canadian workers say return-to-workplace mandates impose financial burden: survey

Nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) of Canadian employees say return-to-worksite mandates impose a financial burden, a percentage that increases to 70 per cent among hybrid…

  • By: Staff
  • May 22, 2024 May 22, 2024
  • 15:00

New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes

Justin Ryan Horton has two jobs. When he’s not working 24-hour shifts as a firefighter, he’s working as an administrative assistant for a local community…

U.S. government launching initiative to encourage more employee ownership

The U.S. Department of Labor is launching an employee ownership initiative to encourage more employers and employees to take advantage of these opportunities. The new…

  • By: Staff
  • July 26, 2023 July 25, 2023
  • 09:00