Twitter to allow employees to work from home ‘forever’
With employers around the world forced to move to a work-from-home model in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, Twitter Inc. says it will allow…
- By: Staff
- May 13, 2020 August 17, 2021
- 08:45
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Two more employers joining CAAT’s DBplus
The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan has added two more employers to its DBplus offering. Skills Canada Ontario and Fraser Group are…
- By: Staff
- May 12, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:30
PIAC concerned about Aon, Willis Towers Watson merger
The Pension Investment Association of Canada is raising concerns about the impact of the impending merger between Aon and Willis Towers Watson on pension plans…
- By: Staff
- May 12, 2020 May 13, 2021
- 15:15
iA Financial Group partnering with Dialogue on telemedicine service
iA Financial Group is teaming up with Dialogue Technologies Inc. to improve health-care access for its group benefits plan members. The platform allows plan members…
- By: Staff
- May 12, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:00
CPPIB buying stake in French wind farms
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is acquiring a 49 per cent of the entity that holds Enbridge Inc.’s stake in Éolien Maritime France SAS, Enbridge’s…
- By: Staff
- May 12, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 09:02
OSFI easing restrictions on pension portability transfers
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is relaxing its freeze on portability transfers to automatically permit pension plan members who are eligible for…
- By: Yaelle Gang, the Canadian Investment Review
- May 12, 2020 November 30, 2020
- 08:45
56% of Canadians say coronavirus negatively impacting mental health: survey
More than half (56 per cent) of Canadians said the coronavirus is having a negative impact on their mental health, with social isolation the top…
- By: Staff
- May 11, 2020 November 11, 2020
- 15:00
Sick leave, accommodation, mental-health considerations for a post-pandemic return to work
As provincial governments start to lay out their plans for slowly reopening the economy, employers have a unique return-to-work scenario to handle. Appropriate sick leave and accommodation…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- May 11, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 09:30
Miners’ union seeking court guarantee for Dominion Diamond to meet pension obligations
The union representing 400 Dominion Diamond Mines employees is attempting to guarantee that the company honours its multi-million dollar pension shortfall as it goes through…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- May 11, 2020 November 30, 2020
- 09:00
MindBeacon’s online CBT available for all Ontarians
MindBeacon Group is partnering with the Ontario government to make its online mental-health service available free of charge for everyone in the province. Beacon is…
- By: Staff
- May 8, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:20
CPPIB, PSP participating in financing round for cancer testing business
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board are participating in a $390-million series-D round of financing for Grail Inc., a U.S.…
- By: Staff
- May 8, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:15
Will earnings season bring more pain to volatile markets?
As earnings season ramps up, broad market consensus is seeking the middle way, suggesting the likelihood of a U-shaped recovery, as opposed to a roaring…
- By: Martha Porado
- May 8, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 09:30
Coronavirus negatively impacting mental health of 50% of Canadians: survey
Half of Canadian employees said their mental health has been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey by Teladoc Health Inc.…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- May 8, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 09:15
Allow pension plan sponsors to opt out of special payments in short term, urges PIAC
The Pension Investment Association of Canada is calling on provincial governments to allow pension plan sponsors to opt out of making any special payments for a period…
- By: Staff
- May 7, 2020 November 30, 2020
- 15:30
Medavie Blue Cross adding virtual health-care to group plans
Medavie Blue Cross is adding a virtual health-care tool to its group benefits plans. The Online Doctors Unlimited tool, which is available through a partnership with…
- By: Staff
- May 7, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:15
Caisse buying return royalty on gold at Quebec-based mine
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is purchasing a three per cent net smelter return royalty on gold production at Monarch Gold Corp.’s…
- By: Staff
- May 7, 2020 November 11, 2020
- 15:00
Webinar: 2020 CAP Member Survey: Retirement savings, financial well-being in the era of coronavirus
Alongside a struggling global economy, Canadian capital accumulation plan sponsors and members are facing unprecedented challenges. This year, Benefits Canada‘s annual CAP Member Survey fielded…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- May 7, 2020 November 30, 2020
- 09:00
Ontario temporarily slashes penalties for PBGF non-payment
The Ontario government has significantly cut financial penalties for plan sponsors making a late payment of a pension benefits guarantee fund assessment. The change, made…
- By: Staff
- May 7, 2020 November 30, 2020
- 08:50
85% of Canadian workers want option to keep working from home after coronavirus: survey
Canadians who’ve started working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic are seeing some benefits, according to a new survey by Robert Half Canada Inc.…
- By: Staff
- May 7, 2020 November 11, 2020
- 08:40
Morneau Shepell’s online CBT free for all Ontarians
Morneau Shepell Ltd. is partnering with the Ontario government to provide its online cognitive behavioural therapy program to Ontarians aged 16 and over during the…
- By: Staff
- May 6, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:30
Leslie Group merging with Marathon Benefits to expand presence in Western Canada
Employee benefits consulting firm the Leslie Group Ltd. is merging with Marathon Benefit Corp. to increase its footprint in Western Canada. “The addition of Marathon…
- By: Staff
- May 6, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:15
Institutional investors in waiting game on real estate investment
Real estate companies, just like many other businesses, are in a bizarre holding pattern, waiting for some of the measures necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic…
- By: Martha Porado
- May 6, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 09:30
CRA waiving 1% minimum employer contributions in DC pensions for 2020
The Canada Revenue Agency is waiving the one per cent minimum required employer contribution on defined contribution pension plans for the remainder of 2020. Registered…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- May 6, 2020 November 30, 2020
- 09:15
How is coronavirus impacting Canadian LGBTQ+ workers?
In April, Pride at Work Canada convened nine professionals across the country to discuss the specific impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on LGBTQ+ employees. “We…
- By: Cassandra Williamson-Hopp
- May 6, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 09:00
League providing benefits platform trial to employers in coronavirus overload
League Inc. is offering a free three-month trial of its Health Benefits Experience platform in a bid to alleviate the health-care and administrative overloads that human…
- By: Staff
- May 5, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:15