Public pension plans are beneficial to taxpayers, according to a new report that suggests tax revenues created through retiree spending and pension investments may actually exceed what the…
While the motion by Sears Canada Inc. retirees to force a windup of the company’s pension plan is in line with a significant body of jurisprudence…
While many employers promote work-life balance, 25 per cent of Canadians have left a job due to stress and 17 per cent have considered making…
The board of the Employee Assistance Program Association of Toronto has voted for its disbandment, citing rising costs, competing events and the amalgamation of several…
The dispute over the fate of the pensions of Sears Canada Inc. retirees and employees will be back on the agenda this week as lawyers…
The parent company of Northstar Aerospace Inc. is rejecting as accusation that it has abandoned pensioners who are facing a 24 per cent cut as…
As pension plan administrators and sponsors seek to improve member engagement, new research shows more straightforward language around disclosure could hold the key to better results. Recently,…
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Among those with the most to worry about when a company as big as Sears Canada Inc. enters restructuring proceedings are the members of the…
While flexible benefits plans are a clear trend among Canadian employers, the range of choices can be daunting for employees. So how much choice is…
Last February, Vancouver-based iQmetrix Software Development Corp. gave employees a weeklong all-expense paid vacation to Hawaii. Adopting a theme of personal development, the company created…
While the Bank of Canada had long talked down the idea of raising interest rates any time soon, the sentiment changed last month when it…
More than half (55 per cent) of Canadian employees say their employer-sponsored health benefits don’t fully meet their needs and two-fifths (42 per cent) say…
While menopause impacts more than half of the workforce, there’s a critical lack of support in the workplace for women employees experiencing health issues related…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is selling 2.78 per cent of its stake in India-based supply chain and logistics operator Delhivery Ltd. The total…
The funded ratio of U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans declined to 98.5 per cent in fiscal 2023 from 99.4 per cent in 2022, according…
Even though it has been two years since the U.S. Federal Reserve started rapidly hiking interest rates, hedge fund managers aren’t more likely to have…
Hundreds of Albertans turned out for a meeting in Edmonton last week to hear officials from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board discuss the state…