gender – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 17 May 2024 19:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 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-80/ Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:00:14 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=154428 A story on how Organon Canada is supporting women employees at every stage of their career was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the past week: 1. Organon launching initiative to support women’s career, health journey in the workplace 2. Survey finds 38% of Canadian employees […]

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]]> Caisse reports more than $53 billion in low-carbon assets https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/caisse-reports-more-than-53-billion-in-low-carbon-assets/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:00:14 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=154279 The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is reporting $53 billion in low-carbon assets, including $15 billion in Quebec, representing an overall increase of $35 billion in low-carbon assets since 2017, according to the investment organization’s latest sustainable investing report. It found the investment organization has more than $330 billion in assets with a […]

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]]> 20% of Canadian employees worked mostly from home at the end of 2023: Stats Can https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/20-of-canadian-employees-worked-mostly-from-home-at-the-end-of-2023-stats-can/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:00:23 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=151553 The percentage of Canadians working most of their hours from home continued to decline in November 2023 to 20 per cent, from 40 per cent in April 2020 and 30 per cent in January 2022, according to a new report by Statistics Canada. It found while women were more likely than men to work exclusively […]

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]]> Climate change, pension super-priority law among CIA’s priorities for 2024 https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/governance-law/climate-change-pension-super-priority-law-among-cias-priorities-for-2024/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:00:16 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=151103 The impacts of climate change and federal super-priority legislation on Canadian pension plans are among the issues that the Canadian Institute of Actuaries is monitoring in 2024, says Simon Nelson, a principal at Eckler Ltd. and chair of the CIA’s pension practice committee. While climate change is a consideration across all of the CIA’s practice […]

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