An article on a recent Ontario Superior Court decision related to surplus pension assets was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Court decision in surplus pension case has no precedent for plan sponsors 2. Permanent EOT […]
Air Canada’s win in Benefits Canada‘s 2025 Workplace Benefits Awards is helping the airline reinforce its diversity, equity and inclusion strategy across the organization, says Christianna Scott, the employer’s director of DEI. “Obviously, it’s a very prestigious award. It was something that was well appreciated not just within our DEI team, but it was also […]
Capital One Canada is using artificial intelligence to assist with administrative tasks and appointing champions for good AI use in different parts of its business, but certain skills will always require a human touch, says Susan Zettergren, the company’s chief people officer. “Like many organizations, we want to get the most we can out of […]
Nearly six in 10 (58 per cent) Canadian employees are feeling emotionally burnt out, with more than half (53 per cent) reporting their workload has increased without a rise in pay, according to the latest financial resilience index from Harris & Partners Inc. The index, which is built from more than 12,000 survey responses across […]
For many South Asian women, workplace pressures are deeply connected to responsibilities outside the office, requiring employers to look beyond a one-size-fits-all approach to employee benefits plans and workplace policies, says Herleen Arora, co-founder and managing director at the South Asian Women’s Collective. According to a recent report by the SAWC, cultural expectations often position […]
Manulife’s new volunteer initiative is designed to strengthen employee well-being, build social connection and unite teams through purpose-driven community action. In addition to offering its 37,000 global employees an annual paid volunteer day benefit, the insurance company’s inaugural Impact Week — which ran from April 27 to May 1 in Canada and the U.S. — […]
An article on how employers can support employees with vision loss when they’re required to use technology for work was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: How employers can support employees with vision loss when using technology […]
The union representing roughly 820 workers at Grand River Transit in Ontario has ratified a new three-year collective agreement that includes benefits and wage gains. The agreement includes increasing coverage for eyeglasses from $450 to $550 and adding speech pathologists and osteopaths to the list of covered paramedical practitioners. In addition, while the benefits previously […]
Working caregivers are placing growing importance on employer support, with 81 per cent saying it’s important for organizations to adopt caregiver-friendly policies, according to new research published by the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, a program of the Azrieli Foundation, during National Caregiving Month. The report found 36 per cent of working caregivers said their […]
Two-thirds (66 per cent) of Canadian business leaders are moving towards a fully integrated artificial intelligence-human workforce where humans work alongside agents, according to a new survey by KPMG. The survey, which polled more than 300 executives at Canadian companies, found more than three-quarters (77 per cent) of respondents said they’re already using agentic AI […]