When it comes to wage indemnity benefits, employees can’t double-dip even if they’ve been successful in a human rights case, the Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled. Between April 2008 and April 2009, Leslie Palm couldn’t work due to depression and received $36,078.57 from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union-Employer Association Health and Benefit Plan in […]
Nearly half the Canadians who seek to have decisions denying them access to Canada Pension Plan disability benefits are successfully appealing the rulings, according to a new statistic that is giving experts cause for concern. The figures illustrate what has happened in the year since Canada’s auditor general excoriated the government for its handling of […]
A B.C. company has scored a partial victory in its battle against a ruling that ordered it to pay $90,000 in damages to an employee who lost out on long-term disability benefits. The case, Feldstein v. 364 Northern Development Corp., dealt with an employee, Cary Feldstein, who suffered from cystic fibrosis. In the course of his pre-employment discussions […]
A controller of a food producing operation asked me recently, “What do you think is the next trend in group benefits affecting employers?” One issue came to mind: workplace-caused mental stress. Currently, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario doesn’t cover mental-health issues caused by a workplace issue unless it’s an acute reaction to a […]
Uber drivers in Britain are now eligible for certain employee benefits. After completing 500 trips, active drivers can join the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed and receive disability benefits of up to £2,000 that kicks in if they’re unable to work for at least two weeks. They can also receive up to £2,000 […]
Library workers in Essex County, Ont. are back on the job today after nearly eight months on strike. The major sticking point in negotiations was short-term disability leave, which will now need to be approved by a third-party insurer. “Our workforce didn’t want the third party because they didn’t want to run the risk of […]
An RBC Insurance survey finds 67% of employees aren't discussing the financial impacts of becoming disabled, Advisor.ca reports.
The 11 million Americans who receive Social Security disability face steep benefit cuts next year, the government said Wednesday, handing lawmakers a fiscal and political crisis in the middle of a presidential campaign.
People with a chronic illness like diabetes or cancer are more prone to mental illness than the general population, finds a HealthPartners report.
Most Canadian workers would suffer severe financial hardship if they were forced out of work with a disability.