One local of an Ontario construction union is introducing medical marijuana coverage into its benefits plan, effective June 15. LiUNA Local 625 represents around…
Employer appetite for investing in wellness appears to be waning, delegates heard at the Toronto launch of the 2017 Sanofi Canada health-care survey. Representatives from…
Happy Bike to Work Day, the kickoff event for Bike Month, which runs May 29 to June 30. How can employers motivate their employees to…
Employees who cycle to work are less likely to die prematurely than their colleagues who don’t have an active commute, says a recent study published…
While the majority of employees continue to be satisfied with their health benefits plan, the extent to which they find it meets their needs has…
The percentage of employees who agree their organization’s corporate culture encourages health and wellness has dropped in the past five years to 53 per in…
While employers have made great strides in helping employees manage their stress, they still lag in developing formal psychological health and safety programs that improve…
While 37 per cent of Canadian employees expect their workplace to focus more on employee health in the coming years, health and well-being ranked in the…
Younger employees are more willing to reduce or eliminate a traditional health benefit to cover the cost of a wellness benefit compared to their older…
While getting up to three months off after working somewhere for 10 years sounds like a great deal, the idea seems unlikely to become a…
Julie Holden would like nothing more than to see doctor’s notes for short-term absences confined to the dust bin of history. And it’s not just…
A person will bleed out quickly from a severed carotid artery. But in 1989, when a rogue skate slashed Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk’s artery…
When reaching out to men as part of mental-health efforts, it can helpful to frame them in particular ways by making the issue more about productivity and less…
Many Canadian employers are out of touch when it comes to attracting talent, a new report from Randstad Canada suggests. The research found employees value competitive…
Plan sponsors that have been hoping the recent trend of quickly rising drugs costs will end soon should realize “it’s only going to get worse”…
In 2016, the majority of adult Canadians (79 per cent) tried at least one form of complementary or alternative medicine, according to a new report from the Fraser…
Canadians face a significant gap in access to coverage for obesity-related treatments, a new report suggests. In a survey of Canadians with private drug insurance, only 8.8 per…
More Canadian employers are considering long-term sustainability as part of their workplace cultures and even their benefits plans, according to a new listing of green employers.…
How does a weeklong company trip to Mexico sound? While it’s a small organization, Splice Software Inc. sent its employees on a working holiday to Mexico…
Canadians aren’t getting enough sleep and their employers are feeling the pinch, participants at the Benefits and Pension Summit in Toronto heard today. “Sleep is…
When it comes to mental-health challenges in the workplace, the focus is shifting to prevention and early intervention rather than diagnosis and treatment, according to the head…
When employees are young and often working remotely, and when the wellness budget is non-existent, human resources managers have to be creative to ensure employees…
Last Friday, Benefits Canada profiled an employer that had given each employee a Fitbit to promote exercise and wellness as part of its well-being program.…
Just 5.7 per cent of Canadians walked to work in 2011, down from 6.3 per cent in 2006, according to Statistics Canada. But even if…
Fewer Canadians report being financially unwell than last year, according to Manulife’s annual financial wellness index. According to the survey, 40 cent of Canadians are financially unwell, which is down…