Google is the best place to work in the world, according to the Great Place to Work Institute’s 2016 list of the top 25 multinational workplaces. Just four per cent of this year’s list are based in Canada, compared to seven per cent in Britain, six per cent in Mexico and five percent in the United […]
Many of IBM’s U.S. employees will soon be able to access extra advice for oncology diagnoses and treatments through a new employee benefit. IBM has paired its supercomputer Watson with the medical information services company Best Doctors to provide the benefit. Normally, Best Doctors gathers a patient’s medical records and lab results, and has top specialists […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested US$375 million in a Chinese private investment vehicle. Owned by CapitaLand, Raffles City China Investment Partners III will focus on commercial real estate developments in gateway cities in China. CPPIB’s investment represents a 25 per cent ownership of the company. “Investing in CapitaLand’s new China investment vehicle gives […]
When employees at Edmonton-based utilities company EPCOR Utilities Inc. get sick, they simply call the company’s reporting line where a case manager offers to connect them to the employee and family assistance program. This first step is part of a streamlined process at the heart of the company’s win for best absence management program at […]
Sun Life Institutional Investments (Canada) Inc. has launched a new short-term private fixed income fund for institutional investors. The fund, which will provide access to Sun Life’s capabilities in private fixed income and commercial mortgage investments, was created to address near-term market need for higher yield investments, says Carl Bang, president of Sun Life Institutional […]
Canada’s retirement system maintained its score of a B on the 2016 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, indicating a sound structure, many good features and some areas of improvement. To improve, Canada could develop a product for employees without a workplace pension plan, increase savings levels for middle-income earners and increase the retirement age, according to […]
The abortion pill Mifegymiso has been making headlines this month following uncertainty over whether provinces would be including the drug in their formularies. Earlier this week, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. and the College of Pharmacists of B.C. told the Globe and Mail they’re planning to tell their members that pharmacists can distribute the […]
This year, 202,400 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer, a study from the Canadian Cancer Society predicts. Half (50.4 per cent) of the diagnoses will be lung, bronchus, breast, colorectal and prostate cancers, and men (45 per cent) are slightly more likely to be diagnosed than women (42 per cent). Between 1987 and 2015, the number of […]
Health Canada approved the abortion pill Mifegymiso in July 2015. Late last month, however, all provinces but Quebec announced they wouldn’t include the medication in their formularies because manufacturer Celopharma refused to fund a cost-effectiveness study. On Oct. 7, Celopharma reapplied for the Common Drug Review, which is open for patient input until Nov. 25. […]
With pensions a growing concern for Canadians’ livelihoods, the public has a valid interest in knowing how they’re performing. And when it comes to public pension plans, they represent both a cost to taxpayers as well as a benefit many people will collect from at some point in their lives. But how far should public […]