Canadian digital benefits platform League is expanding into the United States, with plans to be in the largest 10 metropolitan areas by the summer of 2018. “We thought, from the beginning, we would be a better fit for the U.S. market,” says League founder Mike Serbinis, citing the need for prevention, health and wellness services given […]
A new technology platform has entered Canada’s benefits and human resources industry, adding to the multiple disruptors already active in the sector. On Wednesday, Rise People Inc. launched an online platform that allows employers to integrate and manage their human resource, benefits and payroll functions. “After observing how the limitations of standalone HR software solutions […]
Organizational redesign is everywhere, but human resources departments aren’t ready to handle it, a new study from Mercer has found. While 93 per cent of executives are planning structural overhauls, only a third (35 per cent) employ a service delivery model that includes the three components Mercer suggests are necessary for excellence: centres of expertise, […]
WINNIPEG — While traditional insurance companies and some of the disruptors coming on the scene would presumably be fierce competitors, there’s lots of room for them to work together, participants at the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute’s national forum heard. “The insurance companies are late bloomers when it comes to the digital world,” said Lisa […]
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The top drivers for using benefits technology include reducing costs (36 per cent), better control or management of benefits data (35 per cent), improving benefits communications (29 per cent) and providing a better experience for employees (27 per cent), according to new research by the business research organization LIMRA. “. . . One of the biggest […]
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The buzz of the millennial generation has barely died down, but companies are already looking at those who will follow them. What comes after Generation Y? Generation Z, a legion of young workers who have never known a world without the Internet, smartphones, Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter, will soon be entering the workforce. The exact […]