While much of the talk has been about conditions such as hepatitis C, a number of other diseases are likely to start taking a bigger…
Canada’s Income Tax Act is generally not a place people turn to for easy answers, so figuring out whether benefits provided to employees are taxable…
Canada’s Income Tax Act is generally not a place people turn to for easy answers, so figuring out whether benefits provided to employees are taxable…
Without a doubt, drug plan management has become more complex. Growing utilization has been a driving factor for more than a decade, but the emergence…
Universal Music Canada Inc. got a wake-up call in 2009, when the renewal of its insured benefits plan for about 180 employees added an unprecedented…
Stephanie Berry wasn’t exactly happy in 2011 when, after working for 19 years as an information technology supervisor for the state of Tennessee, she learned…
While a wellness spending account may seem straightforward, it’s more difficult to manage than it seems, says Art Babcock, senior vice-president at Aon Hewitt. The…
Throughout 2012, Ted Menzies, then the federal minister of state for finance tasked with the development of pooled registered pension plans, consistently proclaimed they were…
With millennials on track to make up the majority of the Canadian workforce by 2020, it’s important for employers to learn how to create a…
Plan sponsors can get a better handle on their benefits costs through better management of chronic disease, participants at Benefits Canada’s Healthy Outcomes conference heard.…
While cardiovascular disease puts a serious financial burden on plan sponsors, they do have options to achieve better outcomes, according to a cardiologist who spoke…
In a society where people are busy and have little time to care for themselves, pharmacists may have a larger role to play in helping…
At the 2016 Healthy Outcomes conference in June, Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute in Ottawa, told an audience of plan…
More than 95 per cent of U.S. public pension funds employ at least one investment consultant, according to a new survey by Coalition Greenwich. The…
Generation Z and millennials say they’d expect a 10 per cent salary increase, on average, if they were unable to work in a hybrid working…
An article on how employers are enhancing their benefits packages to boost talent attraction and retention was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week.…
Roughly seven in 10 (73 per cent) Ontario Pension Board plan members believe environmental, social and governance factors should play a critical role in the…
The Workplace Insurance and Safety Employees Trust generated a net return of 7.9 per cent in 2023, with net assets reaching $4 billion, up from…
Renowned American businessman and investor Charlie Munger once said, “You have to keep learning if you want to become a great investor. When the world…