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PwC Canada supporting employees with enhanced fertility, surrogacy benefits

Sadie Janes — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:00:02 +0000

PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada is supporting employees with enhanced family-building benefits. The enhanced benefits, provided by Sun Life Financial Inc., include coverage for procedures and drugs related to fertility; lab services, testing and other surrogate medical expenses; prenatal fitness classes, vitamins and other expenses related to surrogate wellness; as well as agency fees and other expenses related […]

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Labatt wins award for embedding DEI strategy into business imperatives

lbailey — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:00:11 +0000

Labatt Breweries of Canada’s wide-reaching diversity, equity and inclusion strategy led to a win in the DEI program category at Benefits Canada’s 2022 Workplace Benefits Awards on Oct. 18. “The whole team is thrilled with the win and that all their hard work and efforts have paid off,” says Robin Doobay, senior manager of total rewards […]

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CIBC offering enhanced gender affirmation coverage, fertility benefits, paid parental leave

Sadie Janes — Thu, 12 May 2022 13:00:33 +0000

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is adding gender affirmation coverage to its benefits program and enhancing existing offerings such as paid parental leave and fertility treatments. The gender affirmation benefit will cover specific gender transition surgeries and procedures not covered by provincial programs to an annual maximum of $10,000 and a lifetime maximum of $25,000, according to […]

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Alberta expanding bereavement leave policy to include parents experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth

Sadie Janes — Wed, 04 May 2022 13:00:36 +0000

Alberta’s government is proposing an amendment to provincial labour legislation that would extend bereavement leave to parents who’ve experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth. The proposed amendments would expand access to any employee who would’ve been a parent, including biological parents, adoptive parents and surrogates, according to a press release. While employees won’t be required to […]

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Top 5 HR, benefits and pension stories of the week

bwolfe — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:00:44 +0000

A ruling by the Supreme Court of British Columbia on the B.C. Credit Union Employers’ Pension Plan’s normal retirement date was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. B.C. court upholds pension plan’s decision to increase retirement age 2. Ontario NDP platform includes dental […]

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Feds’ proposed change to METC could expand workplace coverage of fertility services

Sadie Janes — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:00:35 +0000

With the federal government’s 2022 budget proposing to allow expenses related to fertility and surrogacy to be claimed by a wider range of individuals under the medical expense tax credit, will the move lead to increased coverage under workplace benefits plans? The government’s proposal would expand the definition of a patient to include the taxpayer, […]

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