Survey finds confidence key to higher retirement savings
Confident and knowledgeable group retirement savings plan members are saving 86 per cent more than those with low confidence and literacy, according to a new…
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Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
An article on Ontario’s proposed changes to preferred pharmacy network agreements was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five…
- By: Staff
- December 5, 2025 December 4, 2025
- 09:00
Coverage of the 2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference
Nearly 150 leaders and influencers in the benefits industry gathered at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto on Oct. 21 for the 2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference.…
- December 3, 2025 November 24, 2025
- 08:00
2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Managing evolution and change in the workplace
“The saying ‘change or die’ has been around forever, but right now, that’s more true than ever,” said Linda Duxbury, a professor at Carleton University’s…
- By: Jordan Tallis
- December 3, 2025 November 21, 2025
- 07:59
2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Using benefits, claims data to find preventative health solutions
When a plan sponsor was seeing musculoskeletal issues come up in disability claims, it wanted to figure out if it could do more to support…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- December 3, 2025 November 21, 2025
- 07:58
2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: How payor, provider integration can improve plan member health outcomes
Private payors spent a collective $37 billion on health care in 2024 out of a total Canadian health-care spend of $372 billion, with the benefits…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- December 3, 2025 November 21, 2025
- 07:57
2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Henry Schein Canada reducing disability leave claims with wellness program
It was 2023 and Henry Schein Canada was “late to the wellness party,” recalled Faye Gagne (pictured centre), the company’s manager of employee relations and…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- December 3, 2025 November 24, 2025
- 07:56
2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Automated insulin pumps changing the game for type one diabetes
Since the only treatment for type one diabetes is insulin, there’s only one option for treating the condition, according to Andrew Muirhead (pictured right), territory manager…
- By: Jordan Tallis
- December 3, 2025 December 4, 2025
- 07:55
2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: The importance of incorporating menopause support into modern workplaces
Among the 21 million Canadians in the workforce, eight million are women over the age of 40. “We have a large workforce that’s going through…
- By: Jordan Tallis
- December 3, 2025 November 21, 2025
- 07:54
2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: UAP’s wellness strategy improving employees’ mental, financial health
Implementing a wellness strategy during the pandemic helped Montreal-based automotive and heavy parts distributor UAP Inc. boost employee engagement, reduce the stigma around mental health…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- December 3, 2025 November 21, 2025
- 07:53
2025 Healthy Outcomes Conference: Plan sponsors want data to tie wellness investments to health outcomes
Plan sponsors have far more access to benefits utilization and organizational health data than in recent years, but challenges persist with fragmentation and consistency across…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- December 3, 2025 November 28, 2025
- 07:52
How predictability in the workplace can reduce employee burnout
A recent New York Times feature highlighted the growing tension between workplace expectations and the unequal share of caregiving and domestic labour women continue to…
- By: Sonya Singh
- December 2, 2025 December 1, 2025
- 09:00
67% of global employees experiencing fertility challenges say employer isn’t supportive: survey
Despite growing awareness of reproductive health, two-thirds (67 per cent) of global employees who have experienced fertility challenges say their workplaces don’t offer support for…
- By: Staff
- December 2, 2025 December 1, 2025
- 09:00
Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
An article on an arbitrator’s confirmation of the long-term disability exception to Ontario’s mandatory retirement rule was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week.…
- By: Staff
- September 26, 2025 September 25, 2025
- 09:00
Ontario arbitrator confirms validity of LTD exception to mandatory retirement rule
An Ontario arbitrator has confirmed the validity of the long-term disability exception to the mandatory retirement rule. When Ontario eliminated mandatory retirement in 2006, the…
- By: Julius Melnitzer
- September 24, 2025 September 22, 2025
- 09:00
Insurers using AI, data sharing and private investigators to crack down on rising benefits fraud: Toronto Benefits Summit
A fifth (22 per cent) of plan sponsors said their organization has seen an uptick in benefits fraud, either by plan members, service providers or…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- September 23, 2025 October 2, 2025
- 09:00
Canadian Baptist Ministries supporting employee health, managing costs with flexible benefits plan
Canadian Baptist Ministries is supporting employee health and managing costs through a flexible benefits plan model that will be introduced at the end of 2025.…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- November 26, 2025 November 26, 2025
- 09:00
Venn supporting employee health through nudges, challenges
Venn Software Inc. is encouraging employees to take care of their physical and mental health through nudges and friendly competitions. The Toronto-based fintech company’s benefits…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- November 25, 2025 November 24, 2025
- 09:00
Editorial: Looking at the good, bad and ugly of artificial intelligence
It’s difficult to avoid feeling overwhelmed by the hype around artificial intelligence and its many applications in our day-to-day lives. I was a kid during…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- November 14, 2025 November 20, 2025
- 09:00
Feds increasing pay, retention bonuses for CAF personnel
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…
- By: Kyle Duggan, the Canadian Press
- August 11, 2025 August 11, 2025
- 15:00
Education benefits, tuition assistance prove life-changing for some employees
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…
- By: Cathy Bussewitz, the Associated Press
- July 29, 2025 July 29, 2025
- 15:00
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