Millions of visitors flock to Niagara Falls each year to see one of the world’s greatest natural attractions, and to tempt Lady Luck at Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino Resort. But Niagara Casinos’ executive team wanted to ensure that luck had nothing to do with securing a strong financial future for its employees. A review of the employees’ DC pension plan in August 2011 showed that significant changes were needed to achieve that goal.
The current economy is not the best of times, and it’s not the worst of times. With global growth of about 3%, it’s the mushy time in between, said Avery Shenfeld, chief economist and managing director with CIBC, presenting his outlook for investors last week at the National Club in Toronto.
On Sept. 10, 2001, I was enjoying a round of golf near Uxbridge, Ont., with prospective clients from Scandinavia. We had a wonderful day getting to know them before our big presentation.
Last week in Toronto, Mercer projected an average salary increase of 3.2% for 2013. This number was based on the firm’s 2012/13 Compensation Planning Survey, which came out earlier this year.
A little after 4 p.m. EDT on Aug. 14, 2003, downtown Toronto went dark. Rob Shier, senior vice-president and chief operations officer with CIBC Mellon, recalls that his immediate reaction was, “Oh, this floor has lost power.”
During the last G-20 Summit, June 26 and 27, 2010, Toronto’s usually bustling downtown core became a ghost town as authorities established a security zone in preparation for anticipated protests.
There’s nothing like a good debate—especially when it concerns saving money.
Absenteeism is an issue every employer must deal with. But how do employers deal with it before it becomes a serious problem? That was the focus of Benefits Canada's Face to Face Workforce Management half-day conference in Toronto yesterday.
For Dr. Stanley Dermer, chief psychiatrist for D.W. Dermer & Associates, mental health in the workplace is associated with two metaphors: an elephant and an iceberg.
Four years after the credit crisis, Europe still remains in fiscal disrepair. “Europe is now the poster child for risk,” said Derek Burleton, vice-president and deputy chief economist with TD Economics, speaking yesterday at TD Asset Management’s Sharing of Knowledge Learning Series in Toronto.