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U.S. employers maintaining health benefits, considering other cost-cutting measures: survey

Coronavirus pandemic means ‘new normal’ for employers, employees

All Canadian employers should assume at least one employee will test positive for the coronavirus, said Dr. Wendy Smeltzer, medical director at virtual health-care company…

Feds introduce $82 billion in coronavirus emergency support for workers, businesses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an $82 billion stimulus package to underpin several new policies aimed at supporting Canadian workers and employers during the coronavirus…

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Managing a capital accumulation plan through COVID-19

In this time of global pandemic, the coronavirus is shaking up everything, with high market volatility and changing work arrangements. Everyone is worried — not…

  • By: Yaelle Gang
  • March 18, 2020 December 13, 2020
  • 11:16
Lower income workers likely to see least paid time off as pandemic swirls: report

Lower income workers likely to see least paid time off as pandemic swirls: report

Paid leave from work is the first financial line of defence during a crisis preventing employees from coming to work. For one, it guards against…

  • By: Staff
  • March 18, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:15

APTN introducing counselling with Indigenous elders into EAP

The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is working to make counselling from Indigenous elders available to employees in several provinces through its employee assistance program. The…

Ontario, Alberta providing new leaves for employees impacted by coronavirus

Ontario and Alberta are making changes to provincial employment legislation to protect workers who are affected by the coronavirus. In Ontario, Premier Doug Ford and…

How are Canadian pension plans responding to coronavirus?

How are Canadian pension plans responding to coronavirus?

Across the country, public pension plans are releasing statements to assure members that their defined benefit pensions are secure and that they’re taking measures to…

CPPIB completes purchase of stake in renewable energy company

CPPIB completes purchase of stake in renewable energy company

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has completed its purchase of all outstanding common shares of Pattern Energy Group Inc. Pattern is no longer traded on the NASDAQ…

  • By: Staff
  • March 17, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
Survey shows strong support for flexible, remote working post-coronavirus

Employers moving to remote work to help ‘flatten the coronavirus curve’

Canadian politicians, public health officials and chief executive officers have all urged Canadians to practice social distancing in a bid to “flatten the curve” of…

Emerging markets value investing not about catching falling knives: expert

When it comes to emerging markets equities, it’s important to look for compounders that will create value over time, says Andrew Miller, chief investment officer…

  • By: Yaelle Gang
  • March 17, 2020 December 13, 2020
  • 07:47
Canadian public pension heads call on employers to focus on coronavirus

Canadian public pension heads call on employers to focus on coronavirus

The chief executive officers of several major Canadian pension funds have joined forces with several other CEOs to ask Canadian business leaders to make the…

  • By: Staff
  • March 16, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 16:00
Air Canada maintains ‘significant pension solvency surplus’ amid coronavirus pandemic

Air Canada maintains ‘significant pension solvency surplus’ amid coronavirus pandemic

Air Canada’s domestic registered defined pension plans are expected to maintain a “significant pension solvency surplus,” according to a press release. On Monday, the Montreal-headquartered…

  • By: Staff
  • March 16, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 15:00
U.S. Fed cuts rates to zero in bid to quell coronavirus impacts

U.S. Fed cuts rates to zero in bid to quell coronavirus impacts

In a historic move, the U.S. Federal Reserve lowered its target range for the federal funds rate to between zero and 0.25 per cent on…

Editorial: Celebrating winning employers shines a light in dark times

As we come to the end of another year, we continue to confront an uncertain geopolitical landscape, with wars raging on and leaders tangled in…

Head to head: What’s riskier right now: investments in private equity or public equity?

One academic argues in favour of public equity’s transparency in a volatile economy, while another looks to private equity’s future gains. Yuanshun Li, associate professor,…

How Waterloo Regional Health Network leadership unified retirement benefits under the HOOPP to ensure equity across its workforce

When Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital merged in April 2025, leaders weren’t just bringing together two sites and two cultures, they also…

  • By: Sonya Singh
  • December 12, 2025 December 14, 2025
  • 08:58