Time to get serious about the payout phase
Since the early 1990s, when pension plan sponsors began in earnest to convert their DB plans to DC, Canada has seen a sustained shift in…
- By: Janice Holman
- May 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Top Stories in Archives
How to help employers with eldercare responsibilities
The workforce demographic is changing and so are the needs of employees caring for seniors. More than eight million Canadians are caregivers, providing supervision and/or…
- By: Carolyn Tinglin
- April 3, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Benefits Canada News
Breakdown: Tools of the trade
Sure, Canada’s got talent…but it’s not always what employers really need.
- By: Yaldaz Sadakova and Alyssa Hodder
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Defined benefit pensions
The Age of Annuities
Is 2014 the dawn of a new era in pension plan de-risking?
- By: Tom Ault
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Benefits Canada News
Frontlines
In the April 2014 edition of Frontlines: employees spend more time choosing a TV than planning for retirement, prescription drug spending slows, Market Watch, Legal…
- By: Staff
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Investment column: Fix up
As interest rates rise, investors should rethink their fixed income approach
- By: George Young
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Investing in emerging markets
With strong economic growth, emerging market equities were supposed to be a one-way ticket up. But it’s not a short flight.
- By: Craig Sebastiano
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Pension column: Wake-up call
What keeps MEPP decision-makers up at night?
- By: Cameron McNeill
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Situation: Critical
Substance abuse can be a killer—literally—for employers in safety-critical industries. So what can they do about it?
- By: Aaron Spodek
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Health benefits
2014 Group Benefits Providers Report: No More Silos
In an era of evolving workplace demographics and escalating healthcare costs, integrated wellness is the way forward
- By: Kanupriya Vashisht
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Health/wellness
Benefits column: Working well
How companies can support employees who are living with chronic illness
- By: Monique Gignac
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Benefits Canada News
Editorial: Women’s work
I’ve belonged to a book club for many years now, and one of our recent selections was Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer…
- By: Alyssa Hodder
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Capital accumulation plans
Conference coverage: DC Plan Summit videos
Our 2014 DC Plan Summit explored ways to keep members on track to retire successfully—and save them from themselves.
- By: Staff
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 06:50
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