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Q&A with BMO Financial Group’s Vanessa Lewerentz

lbailey — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:52:30 +0000

The organization’s chief inclusion officer discusses building an inclusive learning roadmap, the adoption of AI in the HR space and finding ways to nourish her soul amid life’s daily demands. Q: What top challenges do you face in your role? A: Harmonizing company objectives with internal and external expectations — which are influenced by cultural […]

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Sounding Board: Employee feedback, research key to developing and enhancing benefits programs

lbailey — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:00:37 +0000

Any employer focused on attracting and retaining great people understands the importance of providing a competitive benefits program that supports employees through all stages of their health and well-being. The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan’s annual Canadian employer pension survey found a growing number of businesses are opting to improve benefits as a means to […]

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Expert panel: How employers can align their benefits plan and DEI strategy

bwolfe — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:00:13 +0000

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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Georgia to pay for gender affirmation care for public employees

bwolfe — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:00:43 +0000

The state of Georgia will start paying for gender affirmation care for state employees, public school teachers and former employees covered by a state health insurance plan, settling the latest lawsuit aimed at forcing state agencies to pay for surgery and other procedures. The plaintiffs moved to dismiss their case last Thursday in Atlanta federal […]

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Q&A with PepsiCo Canada’s Jaye Calder

lbailey — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:53:01 +0000

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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Expert panel: How employers can support transgender, gender non-conforming employees

bwolfe — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:00:44 +0000

Canada’s most recent census found there are 59,460 Canadians aged 15 or older who identify as transgender and 41,355 who identified as non-binary. However, these individuals disproportionately experience egregious discrimination and are most at risk of violence — sexual assault, in particular — than their cisgender counterparts. A lack of support and action by employers to […]

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Webinar coverage: Employers embracing gender affirmation coverage, menopause education as they increase focus on DEI

bwolfe — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:00:04 +0000

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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Indeed offering $10,000 to U.S. transgender workers who want to relocate

Sadie Janes — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:00:31 +0000

As several U.S. states enact legislation restricting gender-affirming care, Indeed Inc. is offering US$10,000 to transgender employees or those with transgender children who want to relocate, according to a report by the Financial Post. The hiring company will cover any tax liability created by the payment, which is considered income, said Misty Gaither, Indeed’s vice-president […]

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2023 Consultants Report: How are consultants helping plan sponsors make the most of their benefits, retirement data?

Jennifer Paterson — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:56:49 +0000

In 2022, Xero sent out a global survey to all of its employees asking them to rank the most important components of its total rewards program, from time off to flexible working policies, salaries to employee benefits. The software company’s Canadian employees ranked health benefits as one of the most important aspects of total rewards. […]

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CUPE, Memorial University agreement includes fertility treatment clause, gender transition policy

Jennifer Paterson — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:00:50 +0000

The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4554 at Memorial University and the university’s students’ union are ratifying a new four-year collective agreement that includes improvements to employees’ benefits and pay. The agreement includes a new fertility treatment clause that provides time off and financial support for employees seeking treatment, since there’s a lack of fertility […]

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