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Five lessons for employers to apply to the pandemic’s second wave

Five lessons for employers to apply to the pandemic’s second wave

As coronavirus cases rise across the country and some return-to-work plans become return-to-home plans, many employers are wondering how to help their employees adapt once again…

  • By: Kim Siddall
  • November 3, 2020 February 5, 2021
  • 08:45
A legal update on the government’s CEWS and CERB programs

A legal update on the government’s CEWS and CERB programs

The COVID-19 pandemic has created many complicated issues for employers. Prudent employers should ensure they’re aware of the resources that may be available during this…

  • By: Rayaz Khan
  • April 14, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 08:30
Considering how mental-health support, accommodation is changing

Considering how mental-health support, accommodation is changing

Sixty per cent of working Canadians have experienced a mental-health issue, an increase from 52 per cent in 2017, according to Sun Life’s 2019 barometer survey.…

A look at ROI benefits of employee mental-health programs

A look at ROI benefits of employee mental-health programs

Workplace mental-health programs can demonstrate a huge return on investment for an organization’s bottom line, as well as reducing absenteeism and presenteeism, said Nir Yahav,…

Health-care cost of migraine rising as patients face reduced wages, lost productivity

Health-care cost of migraine rising as patients face reduced wages, lost productivity

Although migraine is disabling, it’s also very common, with 2.7 million or 8.3 per cent of Canadians suffering from the condition, according to Dr. Farnaz…

Just a quarter of plan sponsors review claims data regularly: Sanofi

Just a quarter of plan sponsors review claims data regularly: Sanofi

Just 24 per cent of plan sponsors said they regularly receive claims analyses to help identify disease states in their workplaces, according to the 2019…

  • By: Staff
  • June 21, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 09:00

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Expanding the depth of your portfolio intelligence

Expanding the depth of your portfolio intelligence

Institutional investors face an increasingly challenging landscape and remain responsible for constructing sophisticated, multi¬asset portfolios that aim to deliver outcomes for their organization. Yet, even…

  • May 13, 2019 September 13, 2019
  • 07:00

Fertility benefits on the rise as employers look at needs of diverse employee base

Digital employee health benefits platform League Inc. is now offering its employees and their spouses or common-law partners $5,000 per lifetime toward in vitro fertilization…

Technology and talent working in tandem

Technology and talent working in tandem

Over the past several years, companies have focused on cost-cutting, but the scope to do this has been declining. At the same time, productivity growth…

  • By: Yaelle Gang
  • February 20, 2019 September 13, 2019
  • 08:00

Investing in China – finding opportunities and managing risks

Download the PDF report The Chinese economy is large, growing and full of investment opportunities for plan sponsors. But these opportunities come on the backdrop…

  • January 21, 2019 April 9, 2021
  • 00:15
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ESG: Valuing the intangibles

Share price dispersion remains prevalent in equity markets, but today’s active managers are having difficulty extracting alpha. They may not be looking in the right…

  • By: Scot Blythe
  • December 19, 2018 January 12, 2021
  • 08:10
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Economist doesn’t think recession is looming

In a world of volatility, with markets driven by trade wars, Trump tweets and talk of a potential recession on its way, Scotiabank vice-president and…

  • By: Yaelle Gang
  • December 17, 2018 January 12, 2021
  • 10:01