Pensioners of a New Brunswick co-operative have suffered a blow as legal wranglings continue over the fate of pensions at several Canadian companies. In Moncton,…
Engagement levels among Canadian employees stagnated at 69 per cent between 2014 and 2015, according to Aon Hewitt’s global employee engagement report, while the U.S.…
Morneau Shepell has partnered with Allianz Worldwide Care to provide health and wellness support to expatriate employees around the world. The Dublin-based international health and…
Using a range of company-wide communications, KPMG has increased its employee participation in the Global Corporate Challenge by 26 per cent over last year. The…
The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is warning that private sector employers may not be willing to cover new diagnostic services proposed as part…
Manitoba has proposed a series of enhancements to the Canada Pension Plan agreement that it believes would make the CPP “more responsive to the realities…
Canada, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Saskatchewan have signed a multilateral agreement on pooled registered pension plans and voluntary retirement savings plans which came…
The Association of Canadian Pension Management has submitted a letter to the Canada Revenue Agency asking for help to locate missing pension plan members. Specifically,…
A freeze on postal services starting July 2 is nearing reality as Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers fail to agree on…
Ontario is moving ahead with the design and implementation of a basic income pilot, as announced in its 2016 budget. Basic income, or guaranteed annual…
Britain’s majority vote to leave the European Union yesterday has left many global investors reeling this morning. The markets didn’t anticipate this and it was…
Critics say premium increases will hurt businesses, paycheques and the economy. Proponents say Canada Pension Plan enhancement will provide a needed and affordable boost to…
Expanding the working income tax benefit to offset increased Canada Pension Plan premiums for low-income workers will cost the federal government $250 million per year,…
Ontario will do away with sick note requirements for short absences as part of a larger effort to ease the administrative burden on doctors. The…
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,…