How Canadian Tire connects retirement to profits
Canadian Tire Corp. was an early adopter of profit sharing as a way to include all of its employees in the success of the company,…
- By: Marg Bruineman
- April 15, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 00:06
Top Stories in Archives
How Air Canada’s pension took off as Canada Post’s plan sank into deficit
In recent years, Canada’s largest companies have struggled with the inherent ups and downs of managing risk in their defined benefit pension plans. Two employer-sponsored…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- April 15, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 00:05
Lessons from Europe’s pension stress test
For many people, the mere mention of European Union rules conjures up images of red tape and bureaucratic minefields. So it’s hardly surprising that Europe’s…
- By: Yaldaz Sadakova
- April 15, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 00:04
Group benefits providers report: Insurers get a boost in the battle against fraud
Compliance is one of the hallmarks of the insurance industry, but with amendments to federal privacy laws last year, group benefits providers are facing a…
- By: Helen Burnett-Nichols
- April 15, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 00:03
What’s the prognosis for investing in China?
From the highs of double-digit growth to the depths of its 2015-16 stock plunge, pundits and investors alike are trying to figure out what’s next…
- By: Caroline Cakebread
- April 15, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 00:02
How would Brexit impact the financial industry?
As London constantly feels suffocated by what it sees as an overbearing Brussels, the relationship between Britain and Europe is anything but perfect. But after…
- By: Yaldaz Sadakova
- April 15, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 00:01
Health/wellness
In numbers: A look at workplace support for employees with cancer
At the 2016 Employers Cancer Care Summit in Toronto in February, Benefits Canada presented the results of exclusive research into the workplace experience of employees…
- By: Staff
- April 15, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 00:00
Editorial: Time to catch up to societal shifts
Why should institutional investors take a second look at their investments in the fossil-fuel industry? And why should employers look at ways they can help…
- By: Glenn Kauth
- March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:09
How pharmacy services are catching on with private payers
Unlike most employers in Canada, plan sponsors that offer prescription drug benefits in Quebec have no choice but to pay for pharmacy services. Last summer,…
- By: Sonya Felix
- March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:08
How to bridge the parental leave divide
When Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s 31-year-old chief executive officer, told the world he was taking a two-month parental leave following the birth of his daughter last…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:07
Should institutional investors divest from carbon?
Five years ago, Mats Andersson had an epiphany. The CEO of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, known as AP4, was travelling to meet with…
- By: Yaldaz Sadakova
- March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:06
What can Canada learn from Britain’s pension reforms?
A comparison of pension systems in Canada and Britain isn’t an apples-to-apples exercise — or even apples to grapefruits. But when it comes to pension…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:05
Drug plan trends report: How drug plans are addressing skyrocketing costs
When Andrew Martin joined the HR department at Joey Restaurant Group eight years ago, the company hadn’t touched its paper-based, administrative services-only drug plan in…
- By: Karen Welds
- March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:04
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…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- December 12, 2025 December 10, 2025
- 09:00
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,…
- By: Benefits Canada
- December 12, 2025 December 10, 2025
- 08:59
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