By Robert Taylor Few opportunities exist to invest in and enhance benefit programs. The past decade has seen significant benefit cost inflation driven by drug costs and newer expensive drug therapies. Although the historical double digit health inflation trend appears to have slowed slightly in the past two years, there remains little appetite to [...]
By Craig Hewson There has certainly been a lot of communication about the increased prevalence of poor mental health in Canada and the impact it is having on the productivity of the Canadian workplace. As reported in a 2007 Ipsos Reid study, the average annual cost to Canadian businesses for an employee suffering from depression [...]
(February 14, 2012) The campaign, called ‘Make Death Wait’, is the latest awareness effort by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada…
By: Tina Coon Short term disability (STD) benefits. What are they? Do you need them? If your benefit plan is not governed by a unionized agreement, these questions may be a bit harder to answer. As employers, you know that employees have the option of applying for Employment Insurance (EI) Sickness Benefits if they are [...]
I have the opportunity to work with many professionals in the financial services arena, including numerous benefits consultants. An while there are thousands of benefits consultants in the country, Rob stands out for a couple of reasons worth noting. The first is that he Consults. Rob doesn’t broker, he doesn’t “agent”, he doesn’t play nickel-and-dime [...]
By: Queenie Yeung & Brent Delveaux Employers always wrestle with how they can get higher levels of productivity from employees without burning them out. Employees, on the other hand, are faced with how they can complete their work but still enjoy a work life balance. A recent study indicated that 76% of employers agree that [...]
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