flexible benefits – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Willful expanding bereavement leave to provide employees with additional support, flexibility https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/absence-management/willful-expanding-bereavement-leave-to-provide-employees-with-additional-support-flexibility/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:00:12 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=149728 Canadian online estate planning company Willful is expanding its bereavement policy to provide more employee support and flexibility. Employees are allowed up to 15 consecutive business days of paid leave to mourn a family member, 10 days for a close friend and three days for a pet. Through the nature of their work, Willful’s employees are very familiar […]

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]]> Expert panel: How employers can align their benefits plan and DEI strategy https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/kim-siddall/expert-panel-how-employers-can-align-their-benefits-plan-and-dei-strategy/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:00:13 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=146604 The documentation of formal diversity, equity and inclusion policies and approaches is one of the most significant changes to the Canadian workplace over the last decade. Progress of this magnitude seldom comes quickly. Employers are being asked tough questions about their implementation of the goals they’ve laid out — and they’re not always getting great […]

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]]> TD Synnex modernizing benefits plan, supporting plan members’ mental health https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/td-synnex-modernizing-benefits-plan-supporting-plan-members-mental-health/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:00:45 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=146477 TD Synnex Canada is modernizing its employee benefits plan by getting the best value for money while still protecting employees from a mental-health and well-being perspective, according to Shana Kapustin, the global information technology company’s senior director of human resources, speaking during an event hosted last week by the Group Insurance and Pharmaceutical Committee. “We’ve gone […]

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]]> Q&A with PepsiCo Canada’s Jaye Calder https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/qa-with-pepsico-canadas-jaye-calder/ Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:53:01 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=145012 The food and beverage company’s manager of pension, benefits and wellness discusses fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment, the importance of flexible benefits and the soothing silence of swimming. Q: What top challenges do you face in your role?  A: In the realm of total rewards, simplification versus personalization is the challenge I experience […]

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]]> Survey finds plan sponsors, members divided over whether workplace supports musculoskeletal health https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/plan-sponsors-members-divided-over-whether-workplace-supports-musculoskeletal-health-survey/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:00:59 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=144002 While nearly three-quarters (72 per cent) of health benefits plan sponsors agree their work environment supports musculoskeletal health, two-thirds (65 per cent) of plan members say their work environment contributes to aches and pains, according to the 2023 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey. It found when plan sponsors were provided with details about the impact of […]

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]]> Survey finds 60% of plan sponsors reporting increased health benefits costs https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/survey-finds-60-of-plan-sponsors-reporting-increased-health-benefits-costs/ Mon, 25 Sep 2023 13:00:12 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143682 Three-fifths (60 per cent) of benefits plan sponsors say the costs of their health benefits plan increased in the past three years, according to the 2023 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey. It found this percentage decreased from 66 per cent when the question was last asked in 2016 and was unchanged from 2015 (60 per cent). […]

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]]> Webinar coverage: Employers embracing gender affirmation coverage, menopause education as they increase focus on DEI https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/webinar-coverage-employers-embracing-gender-affirmation-coverage-menopause-education-as-they-increase-focus-on-dei/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:00:04 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143477 After years of viewing diversity, equity and inclusion as a side-of-the-desk issue, Canadian employers are increasingly considering it a top priority and integrating their organizational DEI goals into their benefits plans. While employers have been introducing DEI initiatives for years, incorporating these goals into benefits plans had been neglected, according to multiple panellists during Benefits Canada’s […]

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]]> Q&A with Great Canadian Entertainment’s Mikkaela Fernandez https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/qa-with-great-canadian-entertainments-mikkaela-fernandez/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:50:00 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=141757 The gaming and entertainment company’s new manager of benefits, retirement and wellness discusses improving benefits communication, transferring total rewards skills and her favourite Peloton workouts. Q: What new programs or initiatives are you looking to implement? A: I’d like to develop an ongoing education and communications strategy to promote our current benefits programs and categorize […]

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]]> Sounding Board: How employers can use benefits, DEI to draw gen Z workers to skilled trades https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/sounding-board-how-employers-can-use-benefits-dei-to-draw-gen-z-workers-to-skilled-trades/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:00:47 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=135745 Even before the coronavirus pandemic, employers were predicting challenges around meeting the demands of unfilled roles in the skilled trades. For the last decade, the trades workforce has been gradually ageing out. Now, tradespeople are retiring at unprecedented rates and it isn’t slowing down. While businesses in the sector have traditionally attracted employees with certain […]

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]]> Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/top-5-hr-benefits-pension-and-investment-stories-of-the-week-29/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:00:46 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=135592 An article on how British Columbia’s incoming pay transparency legislation could impact employers was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. How B.C.’s pay transparency legislation could impact employers 2. Report finds new diabetes, migraine treatments could impact private drug plans in 2023 3. CPPIB […]

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