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Panel: Should drug coverage for certain conditions still be optional?

Panel: Should drug coverage for certain conditions still be optional?

In many workplace drug plans, medications that treat certain conditions remain in the optional life category, but is this structure still valid today? The optional…

How does cognitive behavioural therapy actually work?

How does cognitive behavioural therapy actually work?

Everyone is talking about cognitive behavioural therapy, but do most people understand it? It’s important for plan sponsors to fully understand what they’re paying for when…

How does cognitive behavioural therapy actually work?

How does cognitive behavioural therapy actually work?

Everyone is talking about cognitive behavioural therapy, but do most people understand it? It’s important for plan sponsors to fully understand what they’re paying for when…

  • June 14, 2019 November 10, 2020
  • 07:57
How changing public coverage could affect the pharmaceuticals industry

How changing public coverage could affect the pharmaceuticals industry

If the Canadian government wants to tackle drug coverage, it should focus on the areas where Canadians are facing genuine gaps, according to Joe Farago, executive…

Using biologics to help workers with inflammatory conditions

Using biologics to help workers with inflammatory conditions

Inflammatory conditions have the power to severely affect employees’ productivity and general quality of life. But new biologic treatments are raising the success rates for sufferers, according to…

Using biologics to help workers with inflammatory conditions

Using biologics to help workers with inflammatory conditions

Inflammatory conditions have the power to severely affect employees’ productivity and general quality of life. But new biologic treatments are raising the success rates for sufferers, according to…

  • June 14, 2019 November 10, 2020
  • 07:55
Sounding Board: The isolation risks of remote working

Sounding Board: The isolation risks of remote working

The employment landscape has changed drastically in recent years. With new technologies frequently being introduced into the workplace and older systems slowly being phased out,…

Expert panel calling for single-payer pharmacare plan

Expert panel calling for single-payer pharmacare plan

An expert panel is calling for the federal government to work with the provinces and territories to create a single-payer public pharmacare program. Eric Hoskins,…

  • By: Staff
  • June 13, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 09:00
Putting employees first led to OPG’s Workplace Benefits Awards win

Putting employees first led to OPG’s Workplace Benefits Awards win

Ontario Power Generation’s win in the absence management category at Benefits Canada’s 2018 Workplace Benefits Awards has meant a lot to the organization, especially for upper management, because it…

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Canada downgraded on foreign room level in MSCI’s 2019 global market accessibility review

The Canadian equity market has been downgraded from “++” to “+” on foreign room level, according to MSCI Inc.’s 2019 global market accessibility review. The…

  • By: Staff
  • June 13, 2019 January 9, 2021
  • 08:25
OPTrust launches online pension portal for members

OPTrust launches online pension portal for members

The OPSEU Pension Trust is partnering with James Evans & Associates Ltd. to launch an online services portal for its members. The OPTrust selected the Canadian…

  • By: Staff
  • June 12, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
Caisse acquires stake in Colombian financial firms, sheds some CGI shares

Caisse acquires stake in Colombian financial firms, sheds some CGI shares

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is partnering with private equity firm Australis Partners and the International Finance Corp., a part of the…

  • By: Staff
  • June 12, 2019 November 11, 2020
  • 15:00
Investors call on General Motors for transparency on lobbying

Investors call on General Motors for transparency on lobbying

Almost a third of General Motors Inc. investors with nearly $2 trillion in total assets under management voted in favour of a shareholder resolution last…

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