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Coverage of the 2025 Mental Health Summit

Benefits Canada has recognized the importance of workplace mental health for 20 years by hosting the annual Mental Health Summit, the industry’s most popular and well-known…

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2025 Mental Health Summit: Exploring gender differences in workplace mental health

Gender differences in mental health manifest through biology, gender roles and cultural expectations, according to Carmen Bellows, registered psychologist and director of mental health solutions…

2025 Mental Health Summit: A shared responsibility to address psychosocial risks

The costs associated with mental-health stress and psychosocial risks are extremely high — in Canada, they amount to about $50 billion in direct costs and…

2025 Mental Health Summit: A look at the importance of maternal mental health

Mood, anxiety and related disorders are some of the most common conditions that arise in pregnancy and in the year after childbirth, according to Dr.…

2025 Mental Health Summit: How to develop a workplace accommodation framework

While successfully reintegrating employees into the workplace following an illness or injury clearly benefits the returning employee, it also benefits employers by enabling employees to…

2025 Mental Health Summit: Advancing women’s mental health good for employees and employers

Women’s mental health has historically been underfunded and under-researched, with just three per cent of neuroscience and psychiatry studies between 2009 and 2019 conducted exclusively…

2025 Mental Health Summit: Rethinking ADHD care, employer support can deliver meaningful ROI

The group insurance industry saw a rapid rise in claims related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly among women over age 40, said…

2025 Mental Health Summit: Peel Region’s innovative approach to workplace psychological safety

Since Peel Region provides various services with different work environments for each department, the skill sets, relationship dynamics and daily interactions in each department is…

Editorial: Sometimes it takes a whole village

It’s OK to ask for help is a lesson I’m learning very gradually. While I do lean heavily on my immediate family, particularly my parents,…

Head to head: Should employers be encouraging plan members to use up their benefits by the end of the year?

One expert encourages employers to avoid a ‘use it or lose it’ approach, while another emphasizes the value of encouraging benefits usage as an attraction…

How Kraft Heinz Canada is including men in the family benefits conversation

Kraft Heinz Canada is reimagining family benefits to reflect a broader, more inclusive definition of caregiving and employee well-being. The company is reframing these benefits…

Q&A with SE Health’s Matt Snyder

The organization’s chief human resources officer discusses innovative caregiver support, early wage access and how SE Health is tackling workforce housing concerns. Q: What new…

Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

An article on how employers can ensure their benefits offerings are used and understood by employees was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week.…

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  • July 25, 2025 July 23, 2025
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What employers can do about reverse seasonal depression at work

Although seasonal affective disorder is typically linked to the dark days of winter, summer can also bring its own mental-health challenges, including a lesser-known variant…

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Survey finds 51% of large U.S.-based employers shifting benefits costs to employees

Half (51 per cent) of U.S. employers with 500 or more employees say they’re likely or very likely to make plan design changes in 2026…

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  • July 23, 2025 July 23, 2025
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Employers downplaying DEI sending wrong message to employees: expert

While some employers may be tempted to downplay or disguise their diversity, equity and inclusion programs amid the current DEI backlash, these moves can send…

77% of millennials reporting burnout symptoms: survey

Burnout is widespread among U.S. workers, with nearly seven in 10 reporting at least one symptom, according to a new survey by Seramount Inc. The…

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  • July 22, 2025 July 21, 2025
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Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

An article on the legal considerations for employers when terminating remote workers was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top…

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  • July 18, 2025 July 17, 2025
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CDA seeking feedback on national bulk purchasing strategy for prescription drugs

Canada’s Drug Agency is seeking feedback on a national bulk purchasing strategy for prescription drugs and related products. Under the federal Pharmacare Act, the CDA…

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  • July 17, 2025 July 17, 2025
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The ‘ghost benefits’ gap: How employers can ensure their offerings are used, understood by employees

Despite offering generous benefits packages, many Canadian employers are seeing key benefits go unused or remain effectively invisible to employees, say several experts. A recent…

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Employers can support caregivers with enhanced benefits, inclusive conversations: experts

Employers can provide better support to female employees with caregiving responsibilities by adjusting their benefits strategy and including men in the conversation, says Sarah Kaplan,…

Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

An article on the impact of rising benefits costs was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources,…

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  • July 11, 2025 July 10, 2025
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73% of employers say rising benefits costs a top issue in 2025: survey

Roughly three-quarters (73 per cent) of Canadian employers say the rising cost of benefits is the No. 1 issue influencing their benefits strategy this year,…

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  • July 7, 2025 September 8, 2025
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Unifor, DHL Express agreement includes increased employer match in DC pension plan

The union representing 2,100 workers at DHL Express Canada sites across the country has ratified a new four-year agreement that includes pension and benefits gains.…

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  • July 3, 2025 July 2, 2025
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