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Katharine Coons
Expert panel: Communication, technology shaping employers’ mental-health strategies in 2025
Heading into 2025, the workplace mental-health landscape in Canada continues to transform and grow. Employers continue to recognize that prioritizing mental health is a critical…
- January 2, 2025 January 1, 2025
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Expert panel: How employers can support managers to effectively champion employee mental health
Most employees have experienced the powerful impact, whether positive or negative, that a manager can have on their work experience and overall well-being. As conversations…
- November 15, 2024 November 11, 2024
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Expert Panel: Why it’s important for employees to take time to recharge
Taking a break is always a good idea for employees, whether it’s a mid-morning stretch, a walk around the block, a lunch break in the…
- April 10, 2024 April 9, 2024
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Expert panel: Employers taking preventative, holistic approach to employee mental health in 2024
Workplace wellness and employee mental health are popular topics of discussion and top priorities for organizations across Canada — and that conversation will continue in…
- January 8, 2024 January 5, 2024
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Gavin Benjamin
Expert panel: How will CAPSA’s risk management guideline impact pension plan administrators?
The Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities’ guideline for risk management provides that plan administrators should create a framework to identify, evaluate, manage and monitor…
- October 17, 2024 October 16, 2024
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Expert panel: New research brings mortality improvement into spotlight for pension plan sponsors
One of the many consequences of the coronavirus pandemic was an unprecedented interest in the life expectancy of Canadians. While the increased focus on life…
- May 28, 2024 May 27, 2024
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Expert panel: What does 2024 hold in store for the pension industry?
With the arrival of the new year, there are three topics that will be important for pension plan sponsors, members and other industry stakeholders in…
- January 4, 2024 January 3, 2024
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Expert panel: How interest rates impact DB pension plans
Interest rate levels are critically important to the financial health of defined benefit pension plans. Many DB plans are in their best financial positions in…
- December 7, 2023 December 6, 2023
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Kim Siddall
Expert panel: The importance of employee feedback in shaping benefits plans
Most employers look to get feedback from their employees on a variety of topics that touch on the worker experience. Valuable information can be found…
- August 14, 2024 August 13, 2024
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Expert panel: How employers can support neurodiverse workers through benefits, workplace policies
Canadian employers have taken important steps forward on a range of diversity, equity and inclusion matters. That work continues, particularly in the context of neurodiversity,…
- April 12, 2024 April 11, 2024
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Expert panel: How employers can support a multigenerational workforce
Between 2000 and 2022, the average retirement age among Canadians climbed from 61.6 to 64.6, the highest it’s been since 1982, according to data from…
- December 18, 2023 March 27, 2024
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Expert panel: How employers can align their benefits plan and DEI strategy
The documentation of formal diversity, equity and inclusion policies and approaches is one of the most significant changes to the Canadian workplace over the last…
- November 7, 2023 November 6, 2023
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Matthew Pavelich
Expert panel: How plan sponsors are navigating benefits costs, innovations in 2024
With 2024 well underway, it’s important for employers to adapt their strategies in the ever-evolving landscape of employee benefits. Employee expectations continue to evolve and…
- March 13, 2024 March 12, 2024
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Susan G. Seller
Expert panel: Risk management, target-benefit framework among themes shaping pension industry in 2024
While it's impossible to predict exactly how pension case law will evolve in future, one can offer an educated guess at some legislative developments and…
- January 16, 2024 January 15, 2024
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Expert panel: Air Canada decision illustrates danger of relying on pension plan terms in wrongful dismissal actions
A recent court decision in Ontario illustrates the potential danger for employers that attempt to rely on pension plan terms to refute claims for pension-related…
- February 28, 2023 February 27, 2023
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Expert panel: An update on regulatory oversight of pension risk management
In January, the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities established a new committee with a mandate to develop a risk management guidance. In the CAPSA's…
- December 13, 2022 December 12, 2022
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Expert panel: Is risk management the new frontier in pension governance?
The importance of risk management isn’t new for the majority of defined benefit pension plan sponsors and administrators. The impact of long-term interest rates, market…
- June 7, 2022 June 6, 2022
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