Facing a monthly obligation to put $3.7 million a month into its pension plan to make up for a funding shortfall, Sears Canada Inc. is…
While employees with poor sleep habits are more likely to see an impact on their work, treatment can make a significant difference to their quality…
Home Capital Group Inc. will end its $2-billion credit agreement with the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan just months after it entered into the deal…
Medavie Blue Cross is adding heart health and smoking-cessation services to its extended health benefit designed to help manage chronic disease. The health benefit already…
Over the next decade, employers will have to create workplace programs that recognize employees’ careers beyond retirement, speakers on a panel at an event in…
Does your absence management strategy, pension plan or health and wellness program deserve to be recognized? Benefits Canada’s annual Workplace Benefits Awards is now open…
When it comes to wage indemnity benefits, employees can’t double-dip even if they’ve been successful in a human rights case, the Supreme Court of British…
While Sears Canada Inc. shareholders deal with stock losses as the company moves to file for bankruptcy protection, pension plan members and retirees face worries over…
The City of Toronto’s auditor general is raising yet more concerns about benefits fraud after discovering employees may have shopped around for doctors to get…
The City of Saskatoon’s failed attempt to unilaterally change the terms of its pension plan has produced an arbitration ruling that will likely make it…
While today marks the one-year anniversary of Ottawa reaching an agreement with most of the provinces to expand the Canada Pension Plan, the future of…
Though alternative investing has become more mainstream, best practices around transparency requirements are lagging behind demand, according to a new survey by Northern Trust. The…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board is acquiring a majority of the outstanding equity interests in global human resources company CareerBuilder. The proposed transaction, which…
Younger workers in the U.S. are feeling less confident about their financial security compared to those from older generations, according to a report by LIMRA.…
Fewer U.S. workers are leaving their jobs, with roughly two-fifths citing improved work-life balance (44 per cent), interesting work (41 per cent) and financial stability…
The average Canadian defined benefit pension plan posted a median return of 3.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2024, according to a new…
Environmental, social and governance standards have helped investors generate positive annualized returns, with environmental investments leading the pack globally, according to a new study from…
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…