Some American employers won't be required to provide health insurance to their workers next year.
Enrolling in benefits and pension plans isn’t top of mind for new employees. During the first few weeks on the job, they are often overwhelmed with learning about the company’s culture, meeting new people and determining measures for success. Having to make important health and financial decisions that affect not only their present situation but also their retirement may cause them even more stress.
As employers look for new and innovative ways to engage employees in wellness and motivate employees to commit to healthy behaviours, while reducing their healthcare costs, gamification is becoming more and more prevalent—both as an effective behavioural bridge from intention to action, and as an effective motivator in helping the new behaviour stick.
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a former employee of Vivendi Canada can file a class-action lawsuit against the company for altering the retiree health benefits plan.
Benefits are a crucial factor to any company’s recruitment and retention strategy.
The world of pharmaceuticals is changing. New, more effective medications are replacing older ones, more biologic treatments are being developed, advances are being made in treating catastrophic illnesses, and drug patents are expiring resulting in more and more generic alternatives becoming available. Canada’s population is changing, too. Our aging population means an increased demand for […]
The Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal from a decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Lacey v. Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd.
Increasingly, Canadians are taking on more care responsibilities for family members and friends with a long-term health illness, disability or issue related to aging. As expected, with the increased responsibility, employees are facing a number of health and related issues that impact the workplace.
How actively do you promote your benefits plan? Do you fire off emails reminding employees to get their annual dental check-up? Post warnings when claim deadlines are approaching? Tweet about the benefits of your massage therapy coverage?
The cost of providing employee healthcare benefits at the largest U.S. employers is projected to increase by 7% next year.