Why you should hire a debt counsellor
You don’t need a psychologist to tell you financial debt creates stress. Almost a third (31%) of Canadians experience stress due to credit card debt,…
- By: Brooke Smith
- March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:03
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How Canadian multinationals are rising to the challenge of global benefits governance
Of the 114 multinational companies that participated in the last Mercer global benefits governance survey, 84 per cent of respondents said they believed their existing…
- By: Nick Comtois and Marc-André Paquette
- March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:02
Traditional performance reviews get a makeover
Last year, Ingrid Wu didn’t have the usual in-person discussion with her manager as part of the annual review process at her job at the…
- By: Jann Lee
- March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:01
Investors urged to consider mid-size private companies
In hindsight, everybody would have invested in Apple back when it was a smaller, obscure private company. But as its founder Steve Jobs famously once…
- By: Yaldaz Sadakova
- March 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:00
Editorial: ORPP ads reflect misplaced priorities
It’s not in existence yet, but the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan is already coming under scrutiny from the auditor general. In this case, Bonnie Lysyk…
- By: Glenn Kauth
- February 22, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:15
Understanding the costs of dental benefits
If employees don’t understand their dental benefits, they may pay unexpectedly out of pocket for their expenses. Worse, they could be vulnerable to fraudulent dental…
- By: Michelle Schriver
- February 22, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:14
Why high-frequency trading is here to stay
You can just imagine 19th-century blue-blooded jaws dropping when stock traders reportedly started the practice of sending runners across exchange floors to place bids and…
- By: Philip Porado and Sara Tatelman
- February 22, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:13
Voluntary benefits an emerging option for employers
While employers strive to provide the right balance in their total rewards strategies, there’s sometimes a disconnect between what they offer their employees and what…
- By: Julie Holden
- February 22, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:12
How to support Generation Z employees
The buzz of the millennial generation has barely died down, but companies are already looking at those who will follow them. What comes after Generation…
- By: Prajakta Dhopade
- February 22, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:12
Quebec shakes up pension landscape with shift to going-concern funding
In a move that has drawn significant attention in the pension community, Quebec has introduced a potential solution to a major conundrum for employers: how…
- By: Yaldaz Sadakova
- February 22, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:10
What should institutional investors expect from the real estate market in 2016?
Canada’s economic conditions gradually improved in the second half of 2015 as the country climbed out of a technical recession. But as the economic tailwinds…
- By: Suzanne Sharma and Glenn Kauth
- February 22, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:09
46% of U.S. employers offer workplace trauma support
While 53% of working Americans have experienced a traumatic event while on the job, less than half (46%) said their employer offered them support to…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- February 17, 2016 December 1, 2021
- 09:00
Editorial: Address rising drug costs
With drug prices on the rise, you’d think employers would be making plenty of changes to save costs for their benefits plans. Surprisingly, that’s not…
- By: Glenn Kauth
- January 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 12:06
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