In December, Benefits Canada reported that nine associations representing health-care providers are urging the federal government to leave private health and dental insurance as non-taxable benefits.…
The median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans closed out 2016 by reaching its highest level in more than two years, according to…
Ask your employees when they intend to retire. You might get surprising answers, because various government and think-tank studies show more Canadians, particularly those employed…
It was a busy year for Twitter activity at Benefits Canada as @BenCanMag reached more than 2,500 followers and readers were busy retweeting our daily tweets.…
The maximum monthly benefit for new Canada Pension Plan recipients has increased by $21.67 in 2017, while monthly old-age security benefits have risen by about…
Global Risk Institute looks at what's in store for 2017.
Xerox Corp. has completed its plan to separate into two independent, publicly-traded companies, thereby spinning off its human resources arm, which included Buck Consultants, into…
Almost three-quarters of veterans using medical marijuana will feel the impact this spring when the federal government imposes a new limit on the amount of…
Before noon yesterday, Canada’s highest-paid chief executive officers earned more than the average working person’s income for all of 2017. That’s the conclusion of the…
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. has appointed Peter Milburn as a director and chair of the board of directors, effective Dec. 31, 2016. Recently…
Post-traumatic stress syndrome can affect anyone, whether a first responder who faces traumatic events on the job or someone who experiences an emotional shock such…
With research showing a strong link between personal finance, stress and mental and physical health, it’s time to make financial literacy part of wellness efforts,…
With mental illness affecting 20 per cent of the Canadian population, the impact on the workplace is significant given that it’s the No. 1 cause…
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…
A majority (90 per cent) of U.S. workers have “rage applied” for a new job in the last six months, according to a new survey by Bold…
As more insurers turn to preferred pharmacy networks to decrease costs, their efforts are being met with some resistance by plan members who may be…
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…