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Employee Benefits Innovation: the Future of Work, Benefits, and Recruitment
Apr 5th, 2022
Every April, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) celebrates National Employee Benefits Day. Today — April 5th, 2022 — we’re taking this year’s theme “your benefits, reimagined” and taking a good, hard look at employee benefits now and in the future to identify areas of opportunity, innovation, and change. Everyone’s Looking at Your […]
Attracting and Retaining Gig Workers with Employee Benefits and Culture
Mar 1st, 2022
Gig workers notoriously don’t have the same access to employee benefits as regular employees. These workers are not immune to the employer demand for employees, so attracting them with employee benefits and other company perks is just as important.
Calculating Return on Investment of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)s
Feb 8th, 2022
Canada is undergoing a serious mental health crisis that is exacerbated by the ongoing global pandemic. We’ve talked about it a lot on this blog. In response, many Canadians are looking to their employers’ benefits plans for mental health support, resources, and services. We’ve seen Insurers increase mental health offerings in benefits plans, and employers […]
Virtual Healthcare: Employee Utilization and Increasing Demand
Feb 1st, 2022
The idea of being able to video call each other seemed like a fantasy even 20 years ago. Fast forward to now, and we now have the ability to communicate virtually with anyone around the world! That technology was quickly added to healthcare systems, allowing for virtual healthcare appointments, and more. Virtual healthcare solutions are one […]
How Increasing Healthcare Wait Times in Canada Impact Health Outcomes
Jan 18th, 2022
Canada’s healthcare system has long been burdened by lengthy wait times, even when compared to other G7 countries, like the U.S. or the U.K. In fact, according to a study conducted by the Fraser Institute in 2018, Canada is among the highest spenders on healthcare, yet ranks near the bottom on number of doctors, hospital beds, and […]
Overcoming Mental Health Stigma in the Workplace and Supporting Employees
Jan 11th, 2022
Canada’s mental health crisis has worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic, which is something experts believe Canadians and their employers will need to deal with for many years to come. More and more, working Canadians are looking to their employers’ benefits plans for solutions. To support Canadians and equip workplaces with the resources and tools they […]
2021 Corporate Holiday Gift Ideas for a Remote Workforce
Dec 7th, 2021
It’s the most wonderful time of the year once again! The holiday season often sees workplaces filling up with gift baskets and chocolates as corporate partners, friends, and coworkers show their appreciation for each other. Much like the previous year, however, offices across the country may be a little less populated than usual, and physical deliveries to workplaces may […]
10 Group Insurance Trends and Predictions for 2022
Nov 30th, 2021
It’s that time of year again! It’s time for us to break out our crystal ball, dim the lights, turn on the fog machine, and predict the future of the group insurance industry. We’ve demonstrated our clairvoyance four times before when we predicted the trends and issues for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, and this year shall be no different. Lets […]
Looking Back on Group Insurance Trends and Predictions for 2021
Nov 9th, 2021
In the latter half of 2020, we made some bold predictions for the group insurance trends going into 2021. At the time, we were amid a new and scary global pandemic, with lockdowns and social distancing, and a worsening mental health crisis in Canada. Now, with 2021 wrapping up, we’re looking back at some of the trends and predictions and figuring out what we got right, […]
Supporting Advisors and Small Businesses for Small Business Week 2021
Oct 19th, 2021
Did you know that nearly 98% of businesses operating in Canada are considered small businesses? What’s even crazier is that almost 75% of those small businesses have less than ten employees. So not only are most of our businesses “small”, but the working Canadians they employ are part of that, too! BDC Small Business Week […]