Editorial: Pandemic shining a spotlight on two black sheep benefits
In the midst of the enduring conversation about the changing nature of work and the workplace, some often underappreciated — and potentially underused — benefits…
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Head to head: Should the design of portable benefits plans consider the role of employers?
As Ontario eyes a new system of portable benefits for precarious workers, one expert says these benefits can be an important attraction and retention tool…
- By: Benefits Canada
- November 18, 2022 November 17, 2022
- 08:59
How Bill Gosling used pandemic conditions to redesign its benefits plan
In March 2020, Bill Gosling Outsourcing’s benefits plan was facing unsustainable costs, as well as a deficit due to incoming premium increases. The coronavirus pandemic,…
- By: Sadie Janes
- November 18, 2022 November 28, 2022
- 08:58
A look at the landscape for automatic features in Canadian pension plans
Matching employer contributions in capital accumulation plans are as close to free money as employees can legally get. “You’re not changing your risk — because…
- By: Michael McKiernan
- November 18, 2022 November 22, 2022
- 08:55
2022 Top 40 Money Managers Report: The risks for DB, DC plan sponsors around alternative investments
When Saskatchewan’s Public Employees Pension Plan’s board introduced alternatives to its investment lineup in 2020 with an aim to improve the defined contribution plan’s risk-adjusted…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 18, 2022 November 17, 2022
- 08:54
How InBenefits is aiming to prove the potential of target-benefit pensions
Alain Malaket has a nuanced perspective on risk — one informed by his experiences as a third-party administrator, pension regulator, consultant, pension plan director and…
- By: Gideon Scanlon
- November 18, 2022 November 17, 2022
- 08:53
Back to basics on employer-provided travel coverage
While the provision of travel insurance has long been a staple in many group benefits plans, it was thrust into the spotlight during the coronavirus…
- By: Sadie Janes
- November 18, 2022 November 28, 2022
- 08:52
As employees’ screen exposure increases, is it time to update vision benefits?
Employees in most sectors are experiencing an exponential increase in the amount of time they spend in front of screens during work hours, so updates…
- By: Sadie Janes
- November 18, 2022 November 17, 2022
- 08:51
Q&A with Fluor Canada’s Lisa Hari
Fluor Canada Ltd.’s manager of Indigenous relations and DEI discussed the post-coronavirus pandemic workplace, employee resource groups and fishing. Q: What top challenges do you…
- By: Lauren Bailey
- November 18, 2022 November 17, 2022
- 08:50
Editorial: Looking back and ahead as Benefits Canada celebrates 45 years
The first issue of Benefits Canada hit the desks of the country’s human resources, benefits, pension and investment professionals in 1977, four years before I…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- October 14, 2022 October 13, 2022
- 09:00
Head to head: Should employees be saving for retirement or focusing on other financial priorities?
As Canadians face continued economic uncertainty, a recent university graduate and a long-time teacher share their views on balancing different financial priorities. Sul Mahmood, age…
- By: Leah Golob
- October 14, 2022 October 14, 2022
- 08:59
KPMG’s new daily living benefit providing support for employees with disabilities
As employers increasingly focus on diversity, equity and inclusion in their human resources policies and benefits programs, KPMG in Canada has introduced a daily living…
- By: Sadie Janes
- October 14, 2022 October 13, 2022
- 08:58
A look at the past, present and future of benefits plans
The provision of employer-sponsored benefits has evolved significantly over the last 45 years, with the past decade ushering in the most consequential changes, fueled by…
- By: Lauren Bailey
- October 14, 2022 October 21, 2022
- 08:56
2022 Top 50 DC Plans Report: How are DC pension plans evolving?
While defined contribution pension plans currently outnumber defined benefit pension plans, this wasn’t always the case, recalls Bita Jenab, a principal at RetirementWorks Services Inc.…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- October 14, 2022 October 13, 2022
- 08:55
Late 70s back in vogue as institutional investors look to the future
As a fresh-faced elementary school student in 1977, Aaron Bennett wasn’t quite in the target demographic for the freshly launched Benefits Canada magazine. Still, Bennett…
- By: Michael McKiernan
- October 14, 2022 October 13, 2022
- 08:54
45th anniversary column: Major shifts in benefits and their implications for employers
Our industry sometimes gets a bad rap for being overly traditional and slow to change. But there’s no question we’ve seen some major shifts in…
- By: Alyssa Hodder
- October 14, 2022 October 13, 2022
- 08:53