As talent becomes scarce, employers are turning to benefits upgrades above and beyond the traditional flex plan to get and keep employees on board. An…
Getting access to the best cancer drugs is a priority for those afflicted. But who bears the increasing costs of providing this coverage? Canadian Cancer…
Bringing together the power of compensation, benefits and what employees value most to build the talent pipeline. With the looming threat of an upcoming labour…
Ontario’s recently re-elected Liberal government has made good on one of its campaign promises by declaring a new statutory holiday in February, “Family Day.” Its…
Nova Scotia has tabled Bill 24, the Dental Hygienists Act, which will allow the province’s dental hygienists to perform a greater range of preventative dental-care…
Depression in the workplace is not going away. Almost 500,000 Canadians aged 25 to 64 who were employed at the time that the 2002 Canadian…
U.S. employers’ health benefit costs rose by 6.1% in 2007—the same pace as last year—to an average of US$7,983 per employee, according to a survey.…
More job interviewees are taking time during the interview process to ask about work-life balance options than they were five years ago, according to a…
Baby boomers and Generation Y may have less of a generation gap than one might assume when it comes to employee benefits, according to a…
The issues surrounding group health and benefit plans are challenging Canadian employers today in ways not seen in the past. Never have the issues seemed…
With continuing pressure to control healthcare costs, more companies plan to offer financial incentives to reward workers who adopt healthy lifestyles, according to a new…
Harassment in the workplace not only affects the afflicted employee; it also has harmful effects on the employer when it comes to productivity, absenteeism and…
Health Care Spending Accounts offer employees a greater range of benefits options while helping employers control costs. Employers face a complex matrix of challenges in…
An article on the federal government’s spring economic update, including the creation of Canada’s first sovereign wealth fund, was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this…
An article on how legislative changes in Alberta are impacting employer-sponsored benefits plans was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the…
A lawsuit against the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s Yellowknife bureau is serving as a broader wake-up call for employers navigating workplace culture, psychological safety and reputational…
The Bank of Montreal is supporting employee mental health through an enhanced employee assistance program, an upcoming Indigenous cognitive behavioural therapy tool and an internal…
Air Canada’s vice-president of global human resources discusses its total mental-health offering, working in a fast-moving industry and exploring the world with family and friends.…
Language barriers are undermining employees’ access to workplace benefits, reducing enrolment and engagement and increasing the risk of errors and misunderstandings, says Parbudyal Singh, professor…
Ottawa is hiking entry-level pay for Canadian Armed Forces privates by 20 per cent for the regular force and 13 per cent for reservists. That…
After five years of working long nights as a truck driver, Julius Mosley wanted a change. He found driving unfulfilling, and his teenage son needed…
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…