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Gavin Benjamin
Expert panel: What does 2024 hold in store for the pension industry?
With the arrival of the new year, there are three topics that will be important for pension plan sponsors, members and other industry stakeholders in…
- January 4, 2024 January 3, 2024
- 09:00
Expert panel: How interest rates impact DB pension plans
Interest rate levels are critically important to the financial health of defined benefit pension plans. Many DB plans are in their best financial positions in…
- December 7, 2023 December 6, 2023
- 09:00
Expert panel: How DB pension plan sponsors can use surplus
In 2022, the typical defined benefit pension plan achieved an investment return of roughly negative 12 per cent. However, due to dramatic increases in bond…
- May 16, 2023 May 16, 2023
- 09:00
Expert panel: DB pension plan sponsors facing challenges, opportunities in 2023
Similar to 2022, the coming year will present both challenges and opportunities for defined benefit pension plan sponsors, with the rewards going to plan sponsors…
- January 5, 2023 January 4, 2023
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Expert panel: HR trends to keep an eye on in 2022
As 2021 winds down, I have a few predictions of the human resources trends for employers to keep top of mind in 2022. Employers finding…
- December 23, 2021 December 9, 2021
- 09:00
Expert panel: Use words, imagery for inclusive employee communications
Words and imagery have the power to connect, evoke emotion and elicit a reaction. They also have the power to be inclusive, or exclusive, and…
- June 22, 2021 October 25, 2021
- 09:00
How to communicate the value of a benefits plan to employees
It's often said perception is reality and that's definitely true when it comes to benefits plans. If employees can't easily perceive the value in their…
- March 9, 2021 March 22, 2021
- 09:00
Connect to employees through the clutter with short, digital communications
How long is your attention span? Be honest and think back to the last time you received an email about your employee benefits and didn’t…
- September 1, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 08:45
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Thomas Agnew
Constructive dismissal and the corresponding duty to mitigate damages
In a recent case, the Ontario Superior Court found an employee failed to mitigate damages when he refused a return-to-work offer from his employer, with whom he…
- June 4, 2019 September 13, 2019
- 08:30
A summary of Ontario’s changing employment and labour legislation
Many of the changes that were introduced to Ontario's Employment Standards Act in January 2018 were short-lived, as the province's new government elected in June…
- February 19, 2019 September 13, 2019
- 08:00
Employer obligations around medical pot, benefits plans
With the legalization of recreational cannabis on Oct. 17, 2018, employers have been preparing to answer questions about whether their current benefits plans should provide…
- December 4, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 09:00
Court confirms employer’s right to change job conditions
In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found an employer didn't constructively dismiss a long-service employee when it provided her with 18 months…
- May 15, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 07:45
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Louis Gagnon
Consider health benefits, workplace policies as legal cannabis approaches
On Oct. 17, 2018, it will be legal to purchase and consume recreational cannabis in Canada. In a recent survey of Mercer's employer clients and Canadian employees, we found…
- August 21, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:30
Creating a thriving workplace with data, personalized employee benefits
Some organizations are unique. Their employees are genuinely excited to be at work and an undercurrent of energy and vitality permeates the air. They've transformed the…
- May 29, 2018 September 13, 2019
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Time to get to work on measuring absenteeism due to mental health
While many Canadian organizations continue to search for solutions to rising health-care costs, most are falling short. That’s why they must investigate any opportunity to find…
- February 6, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:00
Four ideas to mitigate challenges of Canada’s retirement savings gap
Macroeconomic trends such as longer lives, a lack of access to pensions and retirement supports, a low-growth environment, and persistent lack of financial literacy and…
- November 1, 2017 September 13, 2019
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