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Half of Canadian benefits providers include gender affirmation, fertility benefits in some plans: exclusive survey

Sadie Janes — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:00:44 +0000

While gender affirmation and fertility benefits coverage still isn’t included in all group benefits plans, around half of Canada’s group benefits providers include gender affirmation coverage (50 per cent) or fertility benefits coverage (59 per cent) in some of their plan offers, according to an exclusive survey by Benefits Canada. The survey, which polled Canada’s […]

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Maximus Rose partnering with medical cannabis consulting company

mschmit — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:00:21 +0000

Maximus Rose Living Benefits Inc. is partnering with Medical Marijuana Consultants to offer virtual consulting services and access to medical cannabis to plan sponsors and their members. “We want to offer our [plan sponsor] clients and their employees a variety of pharmaceutical and relief options and that includes a holistic approach to health care through […]

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Manulife enhances family benefits for Canadian employees

mschmit — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 04:45:51 +0000

Manulife Financial Corp. is increasing its family leave support for Canadian employees, providing 20 weeks of paid maternity leave and 12 weeks of paid parental and adoption leave, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Canadian employees and their dependants also now have access to full gender affirmation coverage for both surgical and non-surgical treatments, as well as […]

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GM Canada, Unifor agreement covers DB pension changes

mschmit — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 05:00:27 +0000

The union representing General Motors of Canada Co. employees in Ontario have ratified a new three-year collective agreement that removes changes to a legacy defined benefit plan as part of ongoing pension discussions. The deal restores the legacy DB plan by removing a member contribution requirement and a 30-year cap on credited service introduced in […]

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How three benefits plan members are receiving medical cannabis coverage

mschmit — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 04:55:33 +0000

While medical cannabis coverage is appearing in more benefits plans, most insurers that cover it still have very specific conditions. Sun Life Canada covers the most conditions, at seven, after adding two ailments to its roster in 2019. Marie-Chantal Côté, the insurer’s vice-president of market development for group benefits, says evidence is emerging that shows […]

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Ford, Unifor agreement tackles pension, medical cannabis, racial inequality

mschmit — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 04:45:58 +0000

Ford Motor Co. and Unifor’s new collective agreement tackles everything from racial inequality, medical cannabis coverage and a new pension plan. The $1.8 billion deal ratified on Monday includes a racial justice advocate in a nod to the ongoing racial reckoning occurring in society and workplaces. The newly created role will complement existing inclusivity efforts at […]

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NL case involving employer duty to accommodate medical cannabis sent back to arbitration

mschmit — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 06:00:36 +0000

The Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal has found a labour arbitrator failed to properly analyze an employer’s efforts to accommodate an employee taking medical cannabis for his chronic pain. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers initially filed a grievance on behalf of one of its members, who was refused employment by Valard Construction for […]

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Plan members increasingly open to pharmacogenetics, virtual care

mschmit — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 05:00:41 +0000

Virtual-care options are gaining ground, according to the 2020 Sanofi Canada health-care survey. Looking at a scenario where plan members would receive health-care services through secure digital chat or video devices — where the health-care professionals aren’t the member’s usual providers, but would be able to share the consultation information with them if requested — […]

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Roundtable: Plan sponsor considerations around medical cannabis coverage

mschmit — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 04:55:11 +0000

When the federal government signed the Cannabis Act into law in 2018, legalizing recreational cannabis, it also committed to providing patients with better access to medical cannabis and to more extensively researching the trends, use patterns, patient impact, potential therapeutic treatments and adverse effects of cannabis and cannabinoids. The legislation also prompted new conversations in […]

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Plan sponsors, members increasingly open to medical cannabis use: survey

mschmit — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:15:35 +0000

Both plan sponsors and plan members are more open to the use of medical cannabis than they were five years ago, according to a new survey by Spectrum Therapeutics, a Canopy Growth Corp. Co. The survey, produced by Benefits Canada‘s publisher Context Group Inc., polled more than 250 plan sponsors and 800 patients who use authorized […]

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