Editorial: Many happy returns
With the return of autumn, change is once again in the air. For the last nine months, I’ve lead the editorial team at Benefits Canada…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
- 09:00
Top Stories in Benefits
B.C. family doctors call for sick days, pensions ahead of October election
Representatives of family doctors in British Columbia say giving physicians paid sick days, vacation coverage, extended health and dental benefits and a pension plan is…
- By: Ethan Cairns, the Canadian Press
- September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
- 09:00
Head to head: Are employers reversing the ‘she-cession’ in the post-pandemic era?
One chief executive officer acknowledges that employers have made promising progress, while a human resources director argues more work needs to be done. Jodi Kovitz,…
- By: Sadie Janes
- September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
- 08:59
How Manulife is supporting employees through the many stages of their health journeys
When Jennifer Young, a global human resources business solutions consultant at Manulife Financial Corp., found out she was expecting her first child in 2021, she…
- By: Lauren Bailey
- September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
- 08:58
How employers can support female employees’ financial, retirement wellness
Brianne Collins, age 29, has worked as a senior copywriter at a large Toronto-based advertising agency for just over a year. Collins’ agency supports employee…
- By: Brooke Smith
- September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
- 08:57
2024 CAP Member Survey: How CAPs are supporting employee financial wellness amid growing economic uncertainty
From 2016 to 2024, fewer plan members are confident they’ve saved enough for retirement. Indeed, Benefits Canada’s 2024 CAP Member survey found plan members’ optimism…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
- 08:56
How plan sponsors can support employees going through a divorce
Going through a divorce can be an extremely stressful and emotional experience and, unsurprisingly, the impacts can spill into the workplace. “[Employees may be] at…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
- 08:54
Q&A with B.C. Lottery Corp.’s Madhavee Inamdar
The B.C. Lottery Corp.’s manager of diversity, inclusion and belonging discusses weaving inclusivity into the fabric of a business, bringing organizations together to share diversity,…
- By: Lauren Bailey
- September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
- 08:53
Employers focused on employee well-being twice as likely to report strong talent, financial outcomes: survey
Employers that are highly focused on employee well-being are twice as likely to report better human capital and financial outcomes than companies with low well-being effectiveness,…
- By: Staff
- September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024
- 15:00
Remote working supporting employee productivity but not a one-size-fits-all solution: expert
While hybrid and remote working arrangements can help some employees be more productive, it’s important that employers don’t take a “one-size-fits-all” approach when implementing these…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- September 12, 2024 September 11, 2024
- 09:00
York University, YUFA agreement includes multiple benefits gains
The union representing more than 1,600 faculty, librarians, archivists and post-doctoral researchers at York University has ratified a three-year collective agreement that includes multiple benefits…
- By: Staff
- September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024
- 09:00
Mental-health leaves of absence among U.S. workers up 22% in Q1 2024: report
Roughly one in ten (11 per cent) of all leaves of absence among U.S. workers in the first quarter of 2024 were due to mental…
- By: Staff
- September 11, 2024 September 11, 2024
- 15:00
Survey finds hybrid, remote employees more productive, connected to work
A majority of global employees say they feel more productive (84 per cent) and more connected to their teams (82 per cent) while working in…
- By: Staff
- September 10, 2024 September 10, 2024
- 15:00
Sounding Board: What plan sponsors should know about pharmacare
Plan sponsors worried about the expense and sustainability of their drug plan might initially embrace a pharmacare plan, hoping to shift drug costs to a…
- By: Suzanne Lepage and Carolyne Eagan
- June 27, 2024 June 26, 2024
- 09:00
Top 5 HR, benefits, pensions and investment stories of the week
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…
- By: Staff
- February 9, 2024 February 8, 2024
- 09:00
Court of Appeal upholds $1.5 million punitive damages award in LTD claims case
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…
- By: Julius Melnitzer
- February 2, 2024 February 1, 2024
- 09:00
Benefits use, plan sustainability top of mind for major Canadian employers: 2024 BCHS report launch
The 2024 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey highlighted the perfect storm plan sponsors are facing: trying to strike the right balance between competitive benefits and plan…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- September 26, 2024 September 23, 2024
- 09:00
24% of U.S. employees caring for child, adult dependants more likely to leave job: survey
A quarter (24 per cent) of U.S. employees who are in a caregiving role for both a child and dependent adult are more likely to…
- By: Staff
- September 16, 2024 September 16, 2024
- 15:00
Survey finds 54% of Canadian employees say affordability a barrier to improving well-being
More than half (54 per cent) of Canadian employees say affordability is among the top barriers to improving their well-being, according to a new survey…
- By: Staff
- September 16, 2024 September 13, 2024
- 09:00
61% of Canadian workers say return-to-workplace mandates impose financial burden: survey
Nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) of Canadian employees say return-to-worksite mandates impose a financial burden, a percentage that increases to 70 per cent among hybrid…
- By: Staff
- May 22, 2024 May 22, 2024
- 15:00
New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes
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…
- By: Wyatte Grantham-Philips, the Associated Press
- November 29, 2023 November 29, 2023
- 15:00
U.S. government launching initiative to encourage more employee ownership
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…
- By: Staff
- July 26, 2023 July 25, 2023
- 09:00