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Benefits Canada Experts
Katharine Coons
Expert panel: Unmasking mental-health challenges in the workplace
The theme of this year’s Mental Health Week — Unmasking Mental Health — is a reminder that many people in the workplace feel pressured to…
- May 6, 2025 May 2, 2025
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Expert panel: Communication, technology shaping employers’ mental-health strategies in 2025
Heading into 2025, the workplace mental-health landscape in Canada continues to transform and grow. Employers continue to recognize that prioritizing mental health is a critical…
- January 2, 2025 January 1, 2025
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Expert panel: How employers can support managers to effectively champion employee mental health
Most employees have experienced the powerful impact, whether positive or negative, that a manager can have on their work experience and overall well-being. As conversations…
- November 15, 2024 November 11, 2024
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Expert Panel: Why it’s important for employees to take time to recharge
Taking a break is always a good idea for employees, whether it’s a mid-morning stretch, a walk around the block, a lunch break in the…
- April 10, 2024 April 9, 2024
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Benefits Canada Experts
Matthew Pavelich
Expert panel: How plan sponsors are navigating benefits costs, innovations in 2024
With 2024 well underway, it’s important for employers to adapt their strategies in the ever-evolving landscape of employee benefits. Employee expectations continue to evolve and…
- March 13, 2024 March 12, 2024
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Benefits Canada Experts
Susan G. Seller
Expert panel: Risk management, target-benefit framework among themes shaping pension industry in 2024
While it's impossible to predict exactly how pension case law will evolve in future, one can offer an educated guess at some legislative developments and…
- January 16, 2024 January 15, 2024
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Expert panel: Air Canada decision illustrates danger of relying on pension plan terms in wrongful dismissal actions
A recent court decision in Ontario illustrates the potential danger for employers that attempt to rely on pension plan terms to refute claims for pension-related…
- February 28, 2023 February 27, 2023
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Expert panel: An update on regulatory oversight of pension risk management
In January, the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities established a new committee with a mandate to develop a risk management guidance. In the CAPSA's…
- December 13, 2022 December 12, 2022
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Expert panel: Is risk management the new frontier in pension governance?
The importance of risk management isn’t new for the majority of defined benefit pension plan sponsors and administrators. The impact of long-term interest rates, market…
- June 7, 2022 June 6, 2022
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Benefits Canada Experts
Wendy Cukier
Expert panel: How employers can support transgender, gender non-conforming employees
Canada’s most recent census found there are 59,460 Canadians aged 15 or older who identify as transgender and 41,355 who identified as non-binary. However, these individuals…
- September 28, 2023 September 27, 2023
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Expert panel: How portable benefits can support inclusivity among gig workers
The concept of employee benefits was established on a foundation built decades ago, when employees worked full time and long term with one employer. Those…
- July 6, 2023 July 5, 2023
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Expert panel: Employers embracing DEI to overcome labour shortages in 2023
Amid an ongoing labour shortage, employers of all sizes and sectors are increasingly embracing diversity, equity and inclusion. A recent Statistics Canada report found, as…
- January 4, 2023 January 3, 2023
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Expert panel: How employers, employees can mitigate workplace microaggressions
Microaggressions — everyone has heard them or may have even used them. Defined as everyday verbal and behavioural slights against a person or group that…
- October 4, 2022 October 3, 2022
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Benefits Canada Experts
Serafina Morgia
Expert panel: How employers can combat ageism in the workplace
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are esteemed values held by many employers and are table stakes in the value proposition for employees and customers. However, in…
- July 25, 2023 July 21, 2023
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Expert panel: How to connect with employees in a remote world
In Canada, the coronavirus pandemic is entering a new phase — vaccines are widely available, travel restrictions are gradually lifting and people are returning to…
- November 23, 2021 November 23, 2021
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Planning for the new post-pandemic normal
For most Canadians, it’s been well over a year since most of the country went into its first lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. I…
- May 18, 2021 June 1, 2021
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