Niagara Casinos launched an intensive communications campaign in 2015 to ensure employees were taking advantage of its defined contribution pension plan. The company’s efforts to promote both investment and financial literacy through the campaign led to its win at Benefits Canada’s 2016 Workplace Benefits Awards for pension plan communications. Book your table for the 2017 […]
Diversified pooled pension fund managers posted a median return of 4.4 per cent before management fees for the third quarter of 2016 and a median year-to-date return of 6.8 per cent, according to a new report by Morneau Shepell. But while fund managers outperformed the report’s third quarter benchmark of between 4.1 and 4.3 per […]
Rogers Communications Inc. practised what it preached last year when it rolled out a digital communications strategy to share the details of its move to a new benefits provider with employees. The company’s engaging and effective campaign led to the company’s win for best benefits plan communications at Benefits Canada’s 2016 Workplace Benefits Awards in […]
McKesson Canada is combining wellness and philanthropy by donating $10,000 to the Paralympic Foundation of Canada on behalf of employees following a corporate wellness challenge. The funds were raised this past summer during the six-week challenge, called Road to Rio, in which 358 employees formed 52 teams and accumulated 5.7 million points. The points were earned […]
Impact investing has grown rapidly in Canada and will continue to expand as institutional investors get a better understanding of its value, according to a new report from the Responsible Investment Association. The report, which surveyed 87 organizations in Canada between April and August 2016, coincides with the country’s third annual Responsible Investment Week. It […]
Victoria Airport Authority is focusing on its employees’ total health as it hosts a number of events and programs for Healthy Workplace Month in October. The airport authority has participated in the annual initiative, which is presented by Great-West Life Assurance Co. and managed by non-profit organization Excellence Canada, for the past five or six […]
A new survey commissioned by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind reveals that 70 per cent of Canadians, if tasked with choosing between two fully qualified job candidates, would hire a sighted person over a blind one. “With today’s technology, adaptive equipment and the integration of people with vision loss in the community, I […]
Ryerson University carries an impressive vision-care package: non-unionized employees can spend up to $800 every two years on glasses, contact lenses and laser eye surgery and receive an eye exam every two years. When the university’s union groups negotiated higher coverage for vision care, it only made sense for the non-unionized groups to follow suit, […]
Employees at Lakeside Process Controls Ltd., a process automation company based in Mississauga, Ont., sometimes call in sick by sending text messages to their managers. “I think it’s a natural form of communication,” says Stephanie Enright, the organization’s human resources manager. “We’re all used to texting. If a manager was out of the office and […]
As companies explore ways to encourage employees to be physically active, what role does virtual reality play in encouraging healthy behaviours? Earlier this summer, Pokémon Go, a mobile app rooted in virtual reality, became a craze that enticed individuals to walk more in order to catch fictional creatures. Beyond that, some companies have fused exercise […]