Keyword: employee benefits

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Lessons we can learn from Apple

Apple has just introduced its new iPhone5. And once again, it is expected to dominate the cell phone market and maintain a sizable lead over its nearest competitors. Much has been written about Apple’s success and the lessons learned can be applied in the employee benefits world.

Employees want to contain benefits costs

The Sanofi healthcare survey is in its 15th year and Trica Benn, senior director, Rogers Connect market research, who has worked on the survey and presented findings of several years, says the biggest surprise to employers is always the employees’ sense of obligation to control costs and participate in workplace wellness initiatives.

  • By: Staff
  • August 23, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 10:00
Turning employees into consumers

In honour of Benefits Canada’s 35th anniversary, we took the opportunity to go back to the source to explore why employers offer employee benefits programs. Our research looks at the past, present and future of employee benefits—and shows how much senior business leaders value them. Cost concerns and the desire to more directly connect investment […]

U.S. employers are increasingly using incentives to encourage participation in health screening programs, say new survey findings from Aon Hewitt.

Benefits laws for independent contractors

When a worker is an independent contractor and not an employee, there are important differences for an employer.

U.S. employees want fewer benefits, more time off

Half of American workers who receive paid time off in the country’s 10 largest cities would sacrifice a workplace benefit for more paid time off.

Ontario employers liable for terminated employees’ disability

This article originally appeared on our sister publication, SmallBizAdvisor.ca. Ontario employers may be liable to pay the full value of an employee’s short-term and long-term disability benefit entitlements, according to the recent confirmation of an Ontario Court of Appeal decision. The decision only applies in certain cases. Employers are liable in cases where an employee is terminated […]

Can you believe it’s been 35 years already? In honour of Benefits Canada’s 35th anniversary, we decided it was time to go back to our roots: to explore why employers offer benefits programs in the first place, as well as their perceived value by business leaders.

Few employers measure ROI of benefits

Canadian employers may intuitively understand the benefits of investing in prevention and health promotion programs for their employees, but they’re still struggling to demonstrate a clear, positive return on investment (ROI) for such programs.

  • By: Staff
  • July 16, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 10:28
Case study: DPRA’s focus on employee feedback

The secret to Jim Micak’s satisfaction with his benefits plan is an employee survey. The president and CEO of DPRA Canada and corporate director of DPRA Inc., a software solutions company with offices across Canada and the U.S., says he would stop being happy with the plan offerings when his employees told him they weren’t satisfied.

  • By: Staff
  • July 13, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 09:50