The Empire Life Insurance Company has partnered with MedExtra Inc. to provide a health concierge service to customers who add Empire Life group critical illness…
Unequal funding and treatment for cancer costs everyone, including employers
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Get upstream of health risks and benefits costs by putting the employee first
Most Canadian workers would suffer severe financial hardship if they were forced out of work with a disability.
Plan sponsors continue to face numerous issues, and, as another year comes to an end, we take a look back at some of the best…
Stan* was a long-time employee at a major technical manufacturer in a safety-sensitive job. When a work injury required knee surgery, he was prescribed an…
If you ask many plan sponsors and/or group insurers, disability plan costs are increasing at concerning rates. Disability plan costs tend to be somewhat variable—always…
A new Ontario WSIB proposal will mean higher premiums for some employers
Workplace disability is more common than Canadian workers believe, according to a survey.
The Federal Court of Canada has approved the settlement between the Government of Canada and the members of a class action regarding the Royal Canadian…
Ontario's budget, which received royal assent last week, included an amendment to the Insurance Act to prohibit the provision of long-term disability benefits in Ontario…
Want to boost engagement? Make sure your new tools put the employee first.
According to a 2013 Conference Board of Canada study, Canada has an average of 9.3 days lost per employee per year, compared to between five…
Growing awareness—particularly over the last several years—of the significant impact that mental illness has on workplace productivity, employee engagement and organizational budgets has prompted employers…
Canadians believe employers have an important responsibility to accommodate people with disabilities, according to a study.
Recently, there has been a great deal of attention given to the problem of workplace absenteeism. According to the most recent information from Statistics Canada,…
As longevity increases and chronic diseases become more prevalent in Canada, companies are seeing a rise in the number of high-cost claimants. Different employers discussed…
Over the past year or two, plan sponsors have likely noticed drugs treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) suddenly appearing in their listing of top therapeutic classes…
A new research centre aims to develop evidence-based policy options that will allow Canada’s current disability policy system to provide better income support and labour-market…
Debra Wight, manager of employee health, safety and benefits for the municipality of Richmond Hill, Ont., has definitely followed one rule from All I Really…
The Manhattan district attorney has indicted 106 defendants for a massive fraud against the federal Social Security disability insurance benefits program that resulted in the…
While Canada has made great strides in equal opportunity employment, companies might still be inadvertently discriminating against disabled individuals.
The rising costs of absenteeism and disability have compelled many organizations to put a new emphasis on actively managing disability claims in their organization. Consequently,…
Less than half of young and old Canadian workers are covered by employer sick leave and disability leave plans, which means that when they need…