Editorial: Learning by doing during a once-in-a-century crisis
The best way to learn is by doing. And since March 11, 2020, when a pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization, we’ve all…
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2021 Group Benefits Providers Report: Will the rising tide of virtual health-care offerings lift all boats?
When Leona Guenette comes down with a bad case of bronchitis, she knows exactly what antibiotics she needs. Normally for Guenette, the pension and benefits…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- April 16, 2021 May 4, 2021
- 08:55
Why Rogers continually evolves its benefits program
Employees of Rogers Communications Inc. don’t have to look far if they’re searching for new home or car insurance — their employer has multiple discounts…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- April 15, 2021 April 15, 2021
- 09:00
How are employers supporting the big shift to remote work?
For years, many employees had ad hoc, work-from-home arrangements with their employers. Then came the coronavirus pandemic, which kicked the shift to remote working into…
- By: Lauren Bailey
- March 19, 2021 April 28, 2021
- 08:52
Q&A with Coca-Cola Canada’s Martha Callum
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Ltd.’s senior director of total rewards, talks about the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, diversity and inclusion initiatives and perfecting her baguette…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- March 19, 2021 May 2, 2021
- 08:50
How to communicate the value of a benefits plan to employees
It’s often said perception is reality and that’s definitely true when it comes to benefits plans. If employees can’t easily perceive the value in their…
- By: Tom Milne
- March 9, 2021 March 22, 2021
- 09:00
Sleep Country Canada’s employee experience app taking centre stage amid pandemic
With a diverse and geographically spread-out employee population of office workers, retail store associates and delivery drivers, Sleep Country Canada’s human resources team knew it…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:59
Desjardins making Telus Health’s Medisys On-Demand available to plan sponsors
When Desjardins Insurance wanted to determine the value of virtual health care in employer-sponsored benefits plans, it used its own employees as guinea pigs. The…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 6, 2021
- 08:58
Haleo helping benefits plan members overcome insomnia
Embarking on a workplace chronic illness or mental-health strategy is incomplete without factoring in sleep, said Bradley Smith, chief executive officer of Haleo Clinic, during…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:57
Chronically Simple streamlining health benefits information management
It took Kristy Dickinson almost seven years, numerous appointments with health-care providers and multiple failed treatment plans to be diagnosed with a complex, rare disease.…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:56
Dexcom Canada’s taking the sting out of monitoring glucose levels with its G6 CGM system
Uncontrolled diabetes can have a major impact on the workplace, driving absenteeism and impaired presenteeism rates, as well as short- and long-term disability, said Sarah…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:55
Morneau Shepell’s digital mental-health service easing pandemic stress
As Canadians face worsening overall mental health and heightened levels of stress during the coronavirus pandemic, internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy can be a powerful tool…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:54
SEB’s FlexPlus is simplifying the benefits plan enrolment process
Navigating the benefits plan enrolment process — and the multiple service providers in a benefits offering — can be a challenge for employees with plenty…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:53
Canadians’ financial well-being on the decline: survey
The financial well-being of Canadians has declined over the last year, according to a new survey by Morneau Shepell Ltd. It rated Canadians’ overall financial…
- By: Staff
- February 11, 2021 March 24, 2021
- 09:00
Microsoft Canada advancing DEI goals with new partnership
Microsoft Canada is partnering with the Black Professionals in Tech Network to grow Black talent at the company, in line with advancing its own culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Microsoft executives…
- By: Staff
- February 8, 2021 March 26, 2021
- 15:00
To achieve DEI goals, plan sponsors can start by reviewing benefits plans
After a turbulent 2020 brought with it the coronavirus pandemic and a global call for social justice, companies prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion in its…
- By: Lauren Bailey
- February 5, 2021 March 26, 2021
- 09:00
Hard Rock paying staff cash bonuses to ‘show appreciation’ amid pandemic
Hard Rock Cafe International Inc. is handing out cash bonuses to its workers in several U.S. states to thank them for their efforts during the…
- By: The Canadian Press, with files from staff
- February 3, 2021 March 26, 2021
- 15:00
Alberta’s public sector pension plans reassuring members amid worry over ministerial order
Alberta’s public sector pension plans are reassuring members their pensions are safe, following a recent ministerial order enacted by the provincial government. The order was…
- By: Staff
- January 20, 2021 April 23, 2021
- 15:00
Citigroup stretching into virtual fitness programming amid pandemic
This time of year, Citigroup Inc.’s fitness centre would likely usually be packed with New Year’s resolutioners working out and catching up with colleagues. Not…
- By: Lauren Bailey
- January 14, 2021 April 14, 2021
- 09:30
Half of Canadians taking less time off in December due to pandemic: survey
Nearly half of working Canadians (49 per cent) will be taking less or no vacation time this December as a result of the ongoing coronavirus…
- By: Staff
- December 18, 2020 April 23, 2021
- 09:02
2020 CAP Suppliers Report: Stretching into the financial wellness space
In the old days, employers would often gather employees in a dusty conference room and pass around a box of Timbits while talking at a…
- December 18, 2020 April 23, 2021
- 08:56
Why you should hire a chief positivity officer
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the Town of Newmarket is prioritizing the well-being of its staff and its community by creating a new…
- By: Brooke Smith
- December 18, 2020 April 23, 2021
- 08:54
Q&A with Aramark Canada’s Eva Tentere de Metz
Aramark Canada Ltd.’s director of total rewards talks balancing total rewards priorities, employee assistance programs and children’s psychological development. Q. What top challenges do you…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- December 18, 2020 April 28, 2021
- 08:53
FSRA issues final guidance on missing pension plan members
Ontario’s pension plan administrators and plan members share the responsibility of maintaining current contact information, according to the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario’s final…
- By: Staff
- December 16, 2020 April 28, 2021
- 09:00
An employer’s guide to curating a suite of voluntary benefits
In an art gallery, people often recognize and appreciate the arrangement of the pieces as much as the works of art themselves. When employers offer voluntary…
- By: Karley Middleton
- November 24, 2020 February 4, 2021
- 08:45