At up to 10 per cent of total payroll costs, benefits plans represent a significant investment for organizations. But what does the employer get out of its investment? Are benefits plans helping employees to be healthy and more engaged? How does an investment in benefits affect workforce productivity? Many employers, if asked those questions, may […]
When it came to her workplace experience while undergoing cancer treatment, Lisa Redmond lived in what she admits was a “fairy-tale world.” Not only does she work for a large public employer, the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, she’s its manager of pension and benefits. So she was in a good position to take advantage […]
At the 2016 Employers Cancer Care Summit in Toronto in February, Benefits Canada presented the results of exclusive research into the workplace experience of employees diagnosed with or treated for cancer. Get a PDF […]
How do employees with cancer feel about their benefits programs during treatment? What new treatments are emerging that will affect the workplace? With panels of experts and exclusive research on employee experience in the workplace with cancer, Benefits Canada’s 2016 Employers Cancer Care Summit helped employers boost their knowledge of the challenges they’ll be facing. […]
As the manager of a benefits plan, Lisa Redmond’s perspectives changed when she learned she had breast cancer and had to access the benefits from the perspective of a plan member rather than a plan sponsor. “For me, much of these programs, and the value of these benefits, was basically theoretical in nature as I […]
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