An article on Canadians’ retirement readiness was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the…
Changes to tax rules can improve Canadians’ retirement security and make the retirement system more equitable, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe…
At the beginning of April, the OPSEU Pension Trust made a change to a definition in its plan text that will have meaningful implications for…
Generation Z (28 per cent), millennial (25 per cent) and generation X (21 per cent) 401(k) members rank a lack of emergency savings as one…
Two-thirds (65 per cent) of younger U.S. workers say paid time off is the No. 1 employer benefit that influences their job search, followed by…
Three-quarters (75 per cent) of Canadian adults aged 55 to 64 have $100,000 or less in savings and 44 per cent have less than $5,000,…
More than half (58 per cent) of U.S. employees say outliving their assets is their greatest fear in retirement, according to a new survey by…
The union representing 89 employees at the University of Toronto has ratified a two-year agreement that includes retirement and benefits gains, including gender affirmation coverage.…
Roughly half of U.S. employees say rising costs (49 per cent) and recent financial crises (46 per cent) have caused them to reduce or stop…
In three short years, the relationship between Canadian employers and employees has changed dramatically as a result of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on health, finances…
Housing affordability will be a challenge, particularly for newcomers to Canada — pushing more of that demographic into the rental market, said Aaron Pittman, head…
More than 20 U.K. pension organizations are forming an industry coalition to tackle pension inequalities. The Pensions Equity Group aims to increase the number of people…
An article on Amazon Canada’s ‘Dogs at Work’ program was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news…
More than half of U.S. women say they aren’t financially secure, a percentage that increases to 77 per cent among low-income women, according to a…
Equitable Bank’s 2022 Workplace Benefits Awards win is empowering employees to ask for more financial wellness benefits and to recognize the full range of resources…
Three-quarters (76 per cent) of Canadians say they’ll need to work longer than their parents to become financially secure in retirement, a percentage that increases…
Just a third (34 per cent) of U.S. small- and medium-sized employers say they offer retirement benefits, according to a new survey by Fidelity Investments.…
Financial education programs can be humdrum at times, bringing to mind the iconic sleepy classroom scene in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. With that…
Many employers are welcoming retirees back to their workforces to counter what some are calling the ‘Great Labour Shift.’ As the coronavirus pandemic shifts the…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s chief human resources officer discusses the evolving employee life cycle, autonomous working and competitive weightlifting. Q: What top challenges do…
At the 2023 Defined Contribution Plan Summit, which was hosted in Montebello, Que. on Feb. 21-23, delegates learned from employer case studies and expert thought…
Speaking during the keynote session at Benefits Canada‘s 2023 Defined Contribution Plan Summit, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, New York Times’ bestselling author and former Google data scientist,…
The traditional aim for the defined contribution pension industry has been helping plan members save for retirement, but as the nature of employment, plan design,…
While a third of Canadians are very or extremely confident they’ll be able to retire at the age they want to, around 40 per cent…
While McGill University has factored decumulation into its pension plan for decades, the plan sponsor is continually fine tuning these strategies for members, said John…