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Federal judge rules Florida’s transgender health-care ban discriminates against state employees

Sadie Janes — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:00:57 +0000

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Florida’s transgender health-care ban discriminates against state employees and violates their civil rights. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker ruled Thursday that the state’s ban violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects employees and job applicants from employment discrimination based on race, colour, […]

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Q&A with BMO Financial Group’s Vanessa Lewerentz

lbailey — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:52:30 +0000

The organization’s chief inclusion officer discusses building an inclusive learning roadmap, the adoption of AI in the HR space and finding ways to nourish her soul amid life’s daily demands. Q: What top challenges do you face in your role? A: Harmonizing company objectives with internal and external expectations — which are influenced by cultural […]

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Expert panel: How employers can align their benefits plan and DEI strategy

bwolfe — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:00:13 +0000

The documentation of formal diversity, equity and inclusion policies and approaches is one of the most significant changes to the Canadian workplace over the last decade. Progress of this magnitude seldom comes quickly. Employers are being asked tough questions about their implementation of the goals they’ve laid out — and they’re not always getting great […]

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Georgia to pay for gender affirmation care for public employees

bwolfe — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:00:43 +0000

The state of Georgia will start paying for gender affirmation care for state employees, public school teachers and former employees covered by a state health insurance plan, settling the latest lawsuit aimed at forcing state agencies to pay for surgery and other procedures. The plaintiffs moved to dismiss their case last Thursday in Atlanta federal […]

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Webinar coverage: Employers embracing gender affirmation coverage, menopause education as they increase focus on DEI

bwolfe — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:00:04 +0000

After years of viewing diversity, equity and inclusion as a side-of-the-desk issue, Canadian employers are increasingly considering it a top priority and integrating their organizational DEI goals into their benefits plans. While employers have been introducing DEI initiatives for years, incorporating these goals into benefits plans had been neglected, according to multiple panellists during Benefits Canada’s […]

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Scotiabank supporting employee well-being by aligning benefits offerings across global markets

bwolfe — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:00:22 +0000

Scotiabank is supporting employee well-being and workplace inclusivity by aligning benefits offerings across its global markets. Employees in the majority of countries where Scotiabank operates will see their benefits aligned with the bank’s global inclusive standard within the next five years, towards a goal of aligning benefits in all markets by the end of 2030. […]

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Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

bwolfe — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:00:58 +0000

An article on Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada’s gender affirmation coverage was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada providing employees, dependants with $10K in gender affirmation coverage 2. 38% of Canadian workers don’t feel supported by their employer: survey 3. Changes […]

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Remembering Hislop vs. Canada, landmark case securing CPP benefits for all same-sex partners

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:30:42 +0000

In 2000, the federal government announced same-sex partners of Canada Pension Plan beneficiaries could claim survivor benefits, as long as their bereavement had occurred no earlier than 1998. This was of cold comfort to George Hislop, whose partner Ron Shearer had died in 1986. In 2003, the LGBTQ2S+ rights advocate and businessperson launched a class […]

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada providing employees, dependants with $10K in gender affirmation coverage

lbailey — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:00:41 +0000

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. is providing employees and their dependants with $10,000 in lifetime gender affirmation coverage. The additional coverage complements existing benefits that support transitioning employees, including prescription drug coverage for hormone therapy, mental-health coverage, disability insurance and medical leaves for employees who are recovering from surgeries. The new coverage is also extended to […]

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U of T supporting employee well-being with enhanced gender affirmation coverage

Sadie Janes — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:00:14 +0000

The University of Toronto is supporting employee well-being with enhanced gender affirmation coverage. Heather Boon, acting vice-president of people strategy, equity and culture at U of T, says the coverage was negotiated in several of its recent collective agreements and is also available to non-union employees. “Gender affirmation coverage is being provided to help support […]

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