Lauren Harris

Accessibility and affordability touted as benefits of online mental-health programs

Plan sponsors looking to improve their mental-health benefits should consider offering online psychotherapy treatment programs for members, says Peter Gove, former innovation leader in health management at Green Shield Canada. “Just increasing the amount of coverage is a good thing, but probably insufficient,” he says. “The problem with just increasing the level of coverage is […]

  • July 5, 2019 November 11, 2020
  • 09:00

New report calls for updated retirement age to reflect reality of today’s workforce

Canada’s governments should consider updating the current retirement age to match the reality of today’s workforce, according to a new report by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. “Canadians are living longer than ever, and many are choosing to work beyond age 65,” said John Dark, president of the CIA, in the report. “It makes sense to […]

  • April 15, 2019 September 13, 2019
  • 09:20

Learn about key trends reshaping the workplace at the Benefits and Pension Summit

In today’s changing workforce, employers need to stay on top of trends and technologies, as well as the wants and needs of their employees, to remain competitive. At Benefits Canada’s 2018 Benefits and Pension Summit, Lisa Taylor, president and founder of Challenge Factory Inc., a consultancy that helps employers and employees embrace emerging workplace trends, will share the five key drivers that […]

  • February 23, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 07:50

Employers urged to look beyond pay raises in retaining top talent

While Canadian employers are planning to continue to reward top performers with more generous raises, they also expect increases to remain steady for average employees, according to a new survey by Mercer. The survey projects Canadian salaries will rise by an average of 2.4 per cent in 2018 (up from 2.3 per cent in 2017), […]

  • September 7, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 16:00

Healthy Outcomes: Getting a better handle on chronic disease

Plan sponsors can get a better handle on their benefits costs through better management of chronic disease, participants at Benefits Canada’s Healthy Outcomes conference heard. “Better management of these diseases will lead to a much more productive workforce,” said Joe Farago, executive director of health-care innovation at Innovative Medicines Canada, during a session at the […]

  • September 1, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:48

Healthy Outcomes: A cardiologist’s prescription for better heart health

While cardiovascular disease puts a serious financial burden on plan sponsors, they do have options to achieve better outcomes, according to a cardiologist who spoke at Benefits Canada’s Healthy Outcomes conference. “We’re losing all this money, all these lives and all this productivity. But we can actually prevent the majority of these heart attacks, strokes […]

  • September 1, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:48

Plan sponsors get a primer on autoimmune conditions

With the growing prevalence of chronic diseases, plan sponsors got a primer on autoimmune conditions, treatment options and the impact they can have on employees at Benefits Canada’s Chronic Disease at Work event on June 22. Carolyn Whiskin, director of pharmacy programs at Charlton Health, began the conference by explaining that autoimmune diseases are the […]

  • July 11, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 12:29

A look at the tools to address drug plan cost pressures

With rising drug costs on the minds of many plan sponsors, a speaker at Benefits Canada’s Chronic Disease at Work event outlined some of the opportunities for them to manage their benefits plans. Suzanne Lepage, a private health plan strategist, discussed the impact of specialty drugs at the June 22 event in Toronto. She also […]

  • July 11, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 12:27

A look at the tools to address drug plan cost pressures

With rising drug costs on the minds of many plan sponsors, a speaker at Benefits Canada’s Chronic Disease at Work event outlined some of the opportunities for them to manage their benefit plans. Suzanne Lepage, a private health plan strategist, discussed the impact of specialty drugs at the June 22 event in Toronto. She also […]

  • July 6, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 22:14