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Addressing the challenge of chronic disease

Addressing the challenge of chronic disease

What’s it like for employees to work with an autoimmune condition and what do they need from their employers? Benefits Canada’s June 22 Chronic Disease…

  • By: Staff
  • July 11, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 12:30
Plan sponsors get a primer on autoimmune conditions

Plan sponsors get a primer on autoimmune conditions

With the growing prevalence of chronic diseases, plan sponsors got a primer on autoimmune conditions, treatment options and the impact they can have on employees…

How can employers do a better job of accommodating staff with chronic disease?

How can employers do a better job of accommodating staff with chronic disease?

With an aging workforce and the large number of people over the age of 40 having at least one chronic condition, employers have an incentive…

A look at the tools to address drug plan cost pressures

A look at the tools to address drug plan cost pressures

With rising drug costs on the minds of many plan sponsors, a speaker at Benefits Canada’s Chronic Disease at Work event outlined some of the…

Employees tell their stories of working with chronic diseases

Employees tell their stories of working with chronic diseases

What’s it like to work while dealing with an autoimmune disease? At the 2016 Chronic Disease at Work conference on June 22 in Toronto, Dawn…

First Health Care acquires Humanacare

First Health Care acquires Humanacare

Employee health services provider First Health Care is to acquire employee assistance program provider HumanaCare. The acquisition enhances First Health Care’s EAP offering by combining…

  • By: Staff
  • July 6, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:24

Have your say: Is vision care coverage too low?

With $200 not getting people very far when it comes to buying eyeglasses, is vision coverage in employee benefit plans too low? The issue of…

  • By: Staff
  • July 5, 2016 March 29, 2021
  • 09:43
Mississauga library staff on strike over pay and benefits

Mississauga library staff on strike over pay and benefits

Library workers in Mississauga, Ont. went on strike at midnight after pay and benefits negotiations with the city fell through over the weekend. The motion…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • July 4, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 11:07
CLHIA concerned about benefit plan impact of proposed change to chiropractor services

CLHIA concerned about benefit plan impact of proposed change to chiropractor services

The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is warning that private sector employers may not be willing to cover new diagnostic services proposed as part…

Does your benefits or pension program deserve recognition?

Does your benefits or pension program deserve recognition?

Is your benefits program, pension communications plan or mental-health strategy worth shouting about? Wrap up your nominations – for your organization or another worthy employer…

  • By: Staff
  • June 17, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:00
Professor highlights need to consider productivity benefits of drugs

Professor highlights need to consider productivity benefits of drugs

In Canada, many payers think about the price of medication alone and don’t consider the costs of productivity loss if employees don’t use a drug,…

Benefits charter part of Alberta plan’s redesign

Benefits charter part of Alberta plan’s redesign

Between 2010 and 2014, the Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan’s spending on specialty drugs increased by 71 per cent. When it came to those members…

The time to act on rising drug costs is now

The time to act on rising drug costs is now

The time to act is now: that was the collective feeling at the 2016 Face-to-Face Drug Plan Management conference on May 26 in Vancouver. As…

Research finds significant concern about drug costs

Research finds significant concern about drug costs

Almost nine in 10 plan sponsors are concerned about the rising costs of their drug plans over the next two to three years, according to…

Employers urged to take more active role in controlling drug costs

Employers urged to take more active role in controlling drug costs

With plan sponsors concerned about the sustainability of their drug plans, a panel of experts at the 2016 Face-to-Face Drug Plan Management Forum in Vancouver…

Sanofi survey finds low employer satisfaction with benefits for vision, major dental care

Employers are quite satisfied with their health benefits offerings for prescription drugs (81 per cent), basic dental coverage (78 per cent) and paramedical services (74…

Are benefits plans a health resource or compensation?

Are benefits plans a health resource or compensation?

Boosting productivity is the top goal of providing a health benefit plan, according to 64 per cent of employer respondents to the 2016 Sanofi Canada…

What are employees’ favourite health benefits?

When asked whether they’d take advantage of 13 possible wellness programs or policies, 41 per cent of employee respondents chose flexible working arrangements, the 2016…

Many employers unaware of ways to cut benefits costs: Sanofi survey

Many employers unaware of ways to cut benefits costs: Sanofi survey

Two-thirds (66 per cent) of employer respondents have increased their benefits spend over the past three years, according to the 2016 Sanofi Canada Healthcare Survey. The…

Is massage therapy a worthwhile benefit?

Is massage therapy a worthwhile benefit?

Nearly half (43 per cent) of plan members have submitted at least one claim for massage therapy in the past year, according to the 2016 Sanofi…

Plan sponsors underestimate prevalence of chronic disease: Sanofi survey

Plan sponsors underestimate prevalence of chronic disease: Sanofi survey

Plan sponsors underestimate the prevalence of chronic disease in the workplace, according to the 2016 Sanofi Canada Healthcare Survey. While 59 per cent of employees…

Sanofi survey finds low awareness of health benefits plans

Sanofi survey finds low awareness of health benefits plans

Only 26 per cent of dissatisfied employees are aware of their workplaces’ health benefits plans, according to the 2016 Sanofi Canada Healthcare Survey. That number rises…

Sanofi survey finds gap in employer, employee views on benefits

Sanofi survey finds gap in employer, employee views on benefits

There’s a “noteworthy” gap between how plan sponsors view benefit plans and employees’ perspectives on them, according to a member of the advisory board for…

OMERS Ventures boosts funding to health benefits technology startup

OMERS Ventures boosts funding to health benefits technology startup

The venture capital investment arm of OMERS is boosting its presence in the benefits industry through its latest investment in Canadian technology startup League as it…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • June 14, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00
Considering the stop-loss inconsistencies in ASO plans

Considering the stop-loss inconsistencies in ASO plans

It’s been fascinating to sit back and digest what’s been happening with stop-loss premiums for administrative services only (ASO) plans. On one side, we have…

  • June 10, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:49