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Foodora parent company to pay $3.46-million to Canadian couriers

Foodora parent company to pay $3.46-million to Canadian couriers

More than 2,000 former Foodora Canada couriers will receive compensation for losing their contracts when the food delivery service abruptly exited the Canadian market in…

  • By: Staff
  • August 28, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00
PSP investing in reinsurer, OMERS acquiring HVAC company

Aon, Willis Towers Watson merger receives shareholder approval

Aon and Willis Towers Watson’s proposed merger has received approval by their respective shareholders. The merger, announced in March, remains subject to customary regulatory and…

  • By: Staff
  • August 28, 2020 January 20, 2021
  • 09:50
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Macklem says central bankers must speak simply or risk losing public trust

The head of the Bank of Canada made an international pitch to his fellow central bankers on Thursday to forge closer ties with average citizens…

U.S. push to further regulate ESG products in CAPs could hurt members

U.S. push to further regulate ESG products in CAPs could hurt members

The U.S. Department of Labor is taking jabs at the inclusion of environmental, social and governance products in capital accumulation plans — and it could…

  • By: Staff
  • August 28, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 09:00

Shareholders approve Aon, Willis Towers Watson merger

Aon and Willis Towers Watson’s proposed merger has received approval by their respective shareholders. The merger, announced in March, remains subject to customary regulatory and…

  • By: Staff
  • August 28, 2020 May 13, 2021
  • 08:45
Employees must accumulate 10.9 times final pay to maintain income in retirement: report

Employees must accumulate 10.9 times final pay to maintain income in retirement: report

The average Canadian employee will have to accumulate 10.9 times their final pay to maintain the same spendable income once they retire, according to a…

  • By: Staff
  • August 28, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:42
Feds seeking applications for social security tribunal

Feds seeking applications for social security tribunal

The federal government is seeking applications to appoint new full- and part-time members to its social security tribunal, the arm’s length entity responsible for decisions…

  • By: Staff
  • August 28, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 08:41

Plan Sponsor Week: Globally mobile workers need extra help dealing with pandemic stress

Globally mobile employees may be feeling more discouragement, burnout and stress during the coronavirus pandemic compared to their domestic peers. Indeed, outside of the crisis,…

Plan Sponsor Week: Using analytics to monitor non-adherence, disease states

Plan Sponsor Week: Using analytics to monitor non-adherence, disease states

Plan sponsors have to move beyond benefits plan reporting and dig into analytics to better understand medication non-adherence and the top disease states affecting their workforces. “Leveraging plan-specific…

Plan Sponsor Week: How Scotiabank is supporting staff during coronavirus

With almost 100,000 employees in 30 countries, Scotiabank’s approach to global benefits provision is more about aligning philosophy or guiding principles than it is around…

Plan Sponsor Week: Mental-health support starts with understanding barriers

While the vast majority of Canadians say the coronavirus pandemic is impacting their mental health, just 60 per cent are receiving the treatment or social support…

What tools can employers use to address employees’ sleep concerns?

Plan Sponsor Week: Sleep-specific CBT valuable add to benefits plans

Plan members living with insomnia or sleep problems could benefit from sleep-specific cognitive behavioural therapy programs accessible through their benefits plans. “One of the key…

Plan Sponsor Week: How WSP Canada turned benefits wish list into reality

Before its benefits redesign, WSP Canada Inc. had a simple but effective idea: when you hear a good idea, write it down. “On an ongoing…

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