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Employers encouraging, requiring staff to take vacation to avoid burnout: survey

Will this summer be prime vacation time for Canadians? While travel restrictions and social distancing protocols are still in effect, many employers are encouraging their staff…

  • By: Staff
  • June 2, 2020 September 1, 2022
  • 15:30
Changes to employment status, high-risk jobs affecting Canadians’ anxiety levels: survey

Changes to employment status, high-risk jobs affecting Canadians’ anxiety levels: survey

A quarter (26 per cent) of Canadians indicated moderate to severe anxiety levels, 23 per cent said they felt lonely occasionally or most of the…

  • By: Staff
  • June 2, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
IMCO appointing chief strategist, CPPIB adds European senior advisor

IMCO appointing chief strategist, CPPIB adds European senior advisor

The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is appointing Nick Chamie as chief strategist to lead the organization’s asset allocation, currency management and fixed income strategies…

  • By: Staff
  • June 2, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00
MPAC supporting staff mental health during pandemic with leader chats

MPAC supporting staff mental health during pandemic with leader chats

The Municipal Property Assessment Corp. is hosting a series of virtual leader chats to help its employees manage the mental-health challenges of the coronavirus pandemic…

Projected Ontario DB pension solvency ratios take hit in Q1: report

Projected Ontario DB pension solvency ratios take hit in Q1: report

The first quarter of 2020 was rough for Ontario defined benefit pension plans as they experienced the most significant quarterly decline in projected solvency ratios…

  • By: Staff
  • June 2, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:45

Ontario amending employment standards to make temporary layoffs part of new emergency leave

The Ontario government is amending the Employment Standards Act to make temporary layoffs which occurred after March 1, 2020, part of new emergency leave provisions…

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Projected Ontario DB pension solvency ratios hit significantly in Q1: FSRA

The first quarter of 2020 was rough for Ontarian defined benefit pension plans as they experienced the most significant quarterly decline in projected solvency ratios…

  • By: Staff
  • June 2, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 08:44
How to energize employees using virtual wellness

How to energize employees using virtual wellness

There’s no question that COVID-19 has disrupted usual work-life routines. The need to work from home, self-isolate and quarantine can have significant impacts on the…

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Is it time to revisit insurance-linked securities?

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has triggered major corrections in the equity, commodity and debt markets as participants try to gauge the full extent…

PMPRB to publish new draft guidelines, open up final consultation

PMPRB to publish new draft guidelines, open up final consultation

The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board will publish a new draft of its guidelines on June 15, followed by a written consultation period for 30…

  • By: Staff
  • June 1, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:30

Coronavirus pummels certain real estate assets, bolsters others

While real assets have traditionally served institutional investors well during times of economic stress, the ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic are starting to take their…

  • By: Staff
  • June 1, 2020 February 7, 2021
  • 15:15

Blake Hutcheson succeeds Michael Latimer as OMERS’ CEO

As reported in December 2019, Blake Hutcheson has succeeded Michael Latimer as the new chief executive officer of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, effective…

  • By: Staff
  • June 1, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 10:10
How will health practitioners reopening affect benefits plans?

How will health practitioners reopening affect benefits plans?

The Ontario government is giving health-care providers, including dentists, massage therapists, optometrists and psychologists, the green light to gradually reopen their practices. The order from the province’s chief…

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