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Expert warns against urging employees to use up benefits by end of year

Sadie Janes — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:00:09 +0000

With the end of the year approaching, some employers and health practitioners may feel the need to tell employees to use up their benefits, but Rob Van De Cappelle, national benefits consultant at Cowan Insurance Group, cautions against this approach. “I tell employers and employees the benefits plan is there to keep you healthy and […]

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How group life insurance can support employee financial, mental wellness

Sadie Janes — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:00:39 +0000

A group life insurance policy can support employee financial and mental wellness as they pay off debt, mortgages and other liabilities, says Kevin Dorse, assistant vice-president of strategic communications and public affairs at the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association. “Knowing they have a confirmed payout amount upon death gives comfort to an employee and […]

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada providing employees, dependants with $10K in gender affirmation coverage

lbailey — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:00:41 +0000

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. is providing employees and their dependants with $10,000 in lifetime gender affirmation coverage. The additional coverage complements existing benefits that support transitioning employees, including prescription drug coverage for hormone therapy, mental-health coverage, disability insurance and medical leaves for employees who are recovering from surgeries. The new coverage is also extended to […]

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OPTrust improving survivor benefits for plan members’ dependent children

Sadie Janes — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:00:08 +0000

The OPSEU Pension Trust is expanding the definition of an eligible dependent child so disabled dependent children may be entitled to survivor benefits. Previously, a plan member’s children were only eligible for survivor benefits if they were younger than age 18, older than age 18 and attending secondary school full time or attending a post-secondary […]

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More employer support needed for parents of teens facing mental-health challenges: survey

Sadie Janes — Wed, 25 May 2022 19:00:06 +0000

More than half (55 per cent) of U.S. working parents say they aren’t receiving enough support from their employer while having to care for their teenagers’ mental-health needs, according to a new survey by Economist Impact and Cigna Corp. The survey, which polled 1,100 working parents, found nearly a fifth (18 per cent) of working […]

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CAAT expanding definition of who qualifies to receive benefits

lbailey — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:00:23 +0000

The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan is expanding the definition of who can qualify to receive benefits as disabled or as a dependant child under its plan. Effective Dec. 1, 2021, the CAAT’s DBprime plan design was amended to remove the requirement that a member must be receiving benefits from an employer’s long-term […]

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