Citing the “life and death matters” at stake, a lawyer for the union representing workers at U.S. Steel Canada was in court yesterday seeking to…
The federal Department of Finance has released draft legislative and regulatory proposals dealing with the goods and services tax issues that apply to pension plans. The proposals…
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has announced a $1-billion deal involving its private equity arm to acquire a Kansas-based provider of legal technology services.…
Proposals on the table to revamp DB pension rules.
Eliminating the solvency-funding requirement is among the possibilities as the Ontario government launches consultations on revamping the funding rules for the province’s defined benefit pension plans. In…
Having come from the stuffier corporate world, travel consultant Mark Novak’s move to the more casual atmosphere of travel agency Flight Centre was rocky. “The…
Employers can still do more to include and support lesbian and gay employees in the workplace, according to a new study commissioned by Telus. The survey…
LaSalle Investment Management has appointed John McKinlay as chief executive officer of LaSalle Canada, effective Aug. 9, 2016. In his new role, McKinlay will manage…
Despite all of the talk about precarious job prospects for young people, a new survey has found a large number of those in or just…
Ontario is excluding certain higher-strength, long-acting opioids from the formulary for the Ontario Drug Benefit program, the Ministry for Health and Long-Term Care said in…
As Pokémon Go sparks its legions of fans to take to the streets, how do you feel about the smartphone app’s impact on the workplace? The…
The caregiver effect wins out over the added worker effect when Canadian are diagnosed with cancer, research from Statistics Canada suggests. It’s to be expected…
Got purple hair? Starbucks wants to hire you. The world’s largest coffee chain is loosening its employee dress code to allow workers to don brightly-dyed hair…
An Ontario Superior Court ruling that allowed IBM Canada Ltd. to retrospectively rectify drafting errors that created unintended additional pension benefits for employees on disability…
In 2023, diabetes medications remained the leading drug category for eligible private insurance claims for the second consecutive year, according to Telus Health’s annual drug…
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…
The funded ratio of the average Canadian defined benefit pension plan, excluding the effect of asset smoothing, reached 124 per cent as at March 31,…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s total fund generated a net return of 6.9 per cent in 2023, 1.8 percentage points below its 8.7 per cent benchmark.…