Mental-health advocate and former National Hockey League goaltender Clint Malarchuk will share his struggles with mental illness in the closing keynote presentation at the 2017…
Workers at Vast-Auto Distribution in Brampton, Ont. have ratified a new collective agreement after a week on the picket line. The workers, represented by Unifor, were…
Have no fear, small businesses — you won’t go bankrupt if you try to compete with Google’s employee benefits offering. Besides health-care coverage, the most popular benefits…
Thirty-one employees at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto have been fired in relation to “irregularities in some employee health benefit claims,” spokesperson Leslie Shepherd confirmed…
Library workers in Essex County, Ont. are back on the job today after nearly eight months on strike. The major sticking point in negotiations was…
An officer from the York Regional Police Service was fired yesterday for benefits fraud, two years after pleading guilty and being suspended with pay. In the…
Pharmacogenomic testing is coming to a pharmacy near you, following a joint venture between the British Columbia Pharmacy Association and myDNA, a genetic interpretation service…
Aon is selling its human resources administration business and its human resources operating platform to investment firm Blackstone for U.S.$4.3 billion at closing and up…
Some 323,000 Canadians have inadequate retirement income once the costs of long-term health care are factored in, a figure that could grow to about 815,500…
After reading Facebook Inc.’s announcement of extended family and bereavement leave, one Canadian company was inspired to rethink its own human resources policies. “Wow. Honestly, I’m…
Support for employee development is among the key trends identified by human resources association WorldatWork in its new total rewards inventory that examines the prevalence of 176…
Facebook has doubled its bereavement leave offerings, allowing employees up to 20 paid days of leave when an immediate family member passes away, and up…
Employees at Vast Auto Distribution in Brampton, Ont. are striking over wages and benefits. The main issue, according to Unifor’s national representative Paulo Ribeiro, is that…
An article on the Ontario Court of Appeal’s affirmation of a $1.5 million punitive damages award was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this week. Here are the…
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s affirmation of a $1.5 million punitive damages award — reportedly the largest award of its kind in a Canadian long-term…
Some pharmacare policy experts are raising concerns about competition and patient access to much-needed medication after Manulife Financial Corp. announced its coverage of certain prescription…
Is your organization leading the way in transforming policies and programs to meet the evolving needs of employees? Are you stepping up your financial wellness…
Canadian employers have taken important steps forward on a range of diversity, equity and inclusion matters. That work continues, particularly in the context of neurodiversity,…
As I write this column, I’m reflecting on the spectrum of weather I’ve witnessed this past winter. From my office window in southwestern Ontario, I…
Justin Ryan Horton has two jobs. When he’s not working 24-hour shifts as a firefighter, he’s working as an administrative assistant for a local community…
The U.S. Department of Labor is launching an employee ownership initiative to encourage more employers and employees to take advantage of these opportunities. The new…
While more than two-thirds (69 per cent) of employers say the macroeconomic environment is negatively impacting recruitment, three-quarters (74 per cent) say it hasn’t reduced…