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…
Organizations that have resilient employees are more likely to succeed in turbulent times, a University of Toronto professor told Benefits Canada’s Healthy Outcomes conference in…
Among the companies taking wellness issues to heart is Campbell Co. of Canada. The company began boosting its wellness programs in 2003 after receiving feedback…
After more than nine months of bargaining, Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers reached a tentative deal last night. The new agreements…
Ontario-based employers are being called on to submit feedback about proposed changes to the personal emergency leave provisions in Ontario’s Employment Standards Act. The deadline…
Mercer employees are taking part in volunteering experiences across Canada today as part of the consulting firm’s first annual ‘Good Day,’ an initiative to support…
The replacement income level generated by capital accumulation plans has increased over the past four months, according to Eckler Ltd.’s capital accumulation plan income tracker.…
In a ranking of the top careers based on employee satisfaction, just one career in the top 10 has a six-figure salary associated with it,…
Law firm McInnes Cooper has appointed Hugh Wright as its new managing partner and chief executive officer for a three-year term that begins Sept. 1,…
The Association for Canadian Pension Management is asking the Ontario government to introduce variable life benefits in Ontario and to align its pension rules with…
Don Smith, the recently suspended chair of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s board of trustees, has been removed from his position…
The University Pension Plan Ontario is creating a joint venture with Schroders Capital to invest in high-quality logistics and industrial real estate across northwestern Europe.…
It took Peter Deitz eight years to figure out the best way to sell his business. But it wasn’t until the federal government opened up…
A smooth return to office begins with clarity around the purpose of time in the office, as well as meaningful leadership presence, says Courtney Elling,…
A proposed retirement plan tax credit for small- and medium-sized employers could reduce cost barriers to offering employer-sponsored retirement programs, according to a new report…