Digital health benefits platform League Inc. has appointed Kim Tabac as its chief people officer. In the short term, Tabac will focus on scaling the company’s team in Canada and the United States, serve as chair of the company’s advisory council and work with clients on benefits strategies that include mental health, diversity and inclusion […]
Dental benefits accounted for $7.9 billion of the $32.5 billion spent on extended health services by group or individual insurance plans in 2016, according to the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association’s most recent data. And dental spend is rising significantly, from $4.1 billion in 2006 and $2.3 billion in 1996. But these figures tend […]
Medavie Blue Cross is adding medical cannabis coverage to its benefits provision. The extended health-care benefit will be optional, standalone coverage for plan sponsors, providing reimbursement for fresh and dried cannabis, as well as cannabis oil. Plan sponsors will have the option of an annual maximum coverage amount. Read: SSQ Insurance to offer medical cannabis coverage in 2019 Coverage […]
Mercer Canada has appointed Virginie Gosselin as principal consultant on its total health management team. With more than 15 years of benefits consulting experience, Gosselin has led the development and implementation of workplace health and wellness programs, helping organizations of all sizes foster healthy workplaces that enhanced employee engagement, health and well-being. Previous roles include: health consultant at Normandin Beaudry; principal consultant, […]
Starseed Medicinal Inc. has reached an agreement to be the medical cannabis supplier for Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. The agreement is subject to Health Canada’s approval of Shoppers Drug Mart’s application to be a licensed producer. The products are expected to be sold online due to current regulations restricting the sale of medical marijuana in retail pharmacies. […]
Visitors to BenefitsCanada.com who type in a web address for a broken link will find a page with a lighthearted reply that reads: “Like a newly launched defined benefit plan, this page also does not exist.” It doesn’t seem like a wild claim to make, but one employee at a pension plan did, at one […]
When left unchecked, absenteeism is like a termite that stealthily eats into employee engagement, team morale and organizational output, often costing companies millions of dollars in lost productivity, wages and management time. The trick is to proactively address the issue before it becomes stickier than it needs to be. Quite often, a straightforward conversation between […]
With summer underway, Software company Kinaxis Inc. used a barbecue event last week as a way to introduce its growing human resources team to employees and explain the services they offer. As the Ottawa-based company has grown, its human resources and facilities team has expanded as well, to 14 people today from four members about three years ago. […]
The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association has elected Mark Sylvia, president and chief executive officer of the Empire Life Insurance Co., as its new chair. According to the association, Sylvia will work alongside chair-elect Alka Gautam, president and chief executive officer of RGA Life Reinsurance Co. of Canada, and past chair Paul Mahon, president […]
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) was designed in 1965 to replace 25 per cent of a person’s pensionable earnings in retirement, a figure that still holds true today. Enrolment is mandatory, with contributions made by both employees and employers, as well as self-employed workers. The program has evolved over time and receives mixed reviews in […]