pension gap – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:43:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/top-5-hr-benefits-pension-and-investment-stories-of-the-week-46/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 13:00:59 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=141849 An article on whether Canada should implement flexible working legislation was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. Should Canada implement flexible working legislation for all workplaces? 2. How DC plan sponsors can prevent a Muslim pension gap 3. How employers can support employees impacted by […]

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]]> How DC plan sponsors can prevent a Muslim pension gap https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/how-dc-plan-sponsors-can-prevent-a-muslim-pension-gap/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:00:35 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=141608 With the Muslim population steadily growing in Canada, employers that offer defined contribution pension plans can avoid unintentionally creating a pension gap by providing these members with access to retirement savings solutions that align with their faith. Under Shariah law, Muslims can’t hold investments that would bring social or environmental harm, such as shares in […]

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]]> Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/top-5-hr-benefits-pension-and-investment-stories-of-the-week-38/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:00:57 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=139581 An article on seven questions that employers should ask as the coronavirus pandemic moves into an endemic phase was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. Expert panel: Seven important questions as pandemic moves into endemic phase 2. Just 14% of U.S. women say […]

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]]> More than 20 U.K. pension organizations forming coalition to tackle pension inequalities https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/governance-law/more-than-20-u-k-pension-organizations-forming-coalition-to-tackle-pension-inequalities/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:00:57 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=139330 More than 20 U.K. pension organizations are forming an industry coalition to tackle pension inequalities. The Pensions Equity Group aims to increase the number of people saving enough for their retirement and will call on pension plan sponsors to offer greater support to members. The coalition also seeks to develop a consistent way to measure pension […]

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]]> How employers can help shrink Canada’s gender pension gap https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/retirement/how-employers-can-help-shrink-canadas-gender-pension-gap/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 13:00:15 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=128080 Canada’s gender pension gap is growing as Canadian women received an average of 18 per cent less retirement income than men in 2020, according to a report by Ontario’s pay equity office. It found the gap is more pronounced among women in visible minority groups (37 per cent), among sources of private retirement income (28 per […]

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]]> Are automatic DC plan features affecting the pension gender gap? https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/are-automatic-dc-plan-features-affecting-the-pension-gender-gap/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/are-automatic-dc-plan-features-affecting-the-pension-gender-gap/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2019 04:47:40 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/are-automatic-dc-plan-features-affecting-the-pension-gender-gap/ With cohorts in the workforce behaving differently as they prepare for retirement, it’s important for plan sponsors to consider these differences along gender and generational lines. At Benefits Canada’s 2019 Defined Contribution Investment Forum in Toronto on Sept. 27, Jean Young, senior research associate at the Vanguard Center for Investor Research, shared a survey that […]

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