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Private Health Care Exchanges in Canada?

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

17 Apr 2015

Could private health care exchanges similar to those operating in the United States be making their way into Canada? The answer is maybe. Industry representatives say some are exploring the viability of private health care exchanges in Canada. Here’s a little background. What […]

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Apprenticeship Leaders Communicate Their Challenges

Justin Held, CEBS

25 Feb 201525 Feb 2015

At the Annual Employee Benefits Conference in Boston last fall, International Foundation staff led a series of focus groups to collect direct feedback from members and provide assistance in driving strategic initiatives. One session gathered 13 representatives who serve jointly managed training […]

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Ontario Moves Forward on Pension Plan With ORPP

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

19 Feb 201502 Mar 2016

Enhancing the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is expected to be an issue in October’s federal election, but in the meantime Ontario is moving forward with an effort to create its own Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP). The Ontario Ministry of Finance released […]

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Devoted to Wellness—Mind, Body and Budget

Bryan Zoran, CEBS

29 Jan 201520 Feb 2015

According to Workplace Wellness Trends: 2015 Survey Results, a new survey that will be released by the International Foundation in the coming weeks, more than half (55%) of all organizations have budgets devoted to wellness and more than 80% offer some type […]

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Workplace Peer Support—a Success Story

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

03 Dec 201417 Jan 2015

By: Kathy Bergstrom If families and caregivers are included, mental health problems and illnesses affect almost everyone in some way. According to the Mental Health Commission Canada, Making the Case for Investing in Mental Health in Canada, more than 20% of the […]

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Is Mental Illness the “Last Taboo”?

Julie Stich, CEBS

06 Nov 201416 Jun 2016

I had the opportunity to meet with many of our Canadian members during the 47th Annual Canadian Employee Benefits Conference in Calgary this past August. I wanted to find out how organizations are dealing with mental health issues among the workforce. The consensus—There has […]

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The Best Man for the Job, Often a Woman

Bryan Zoran, CEBS

02 Oct 201402 Feb 2018

By: Bryan Zoran Potential worker shortages in the construction industry could create a series of challenges for the United States and Canada over the next decade. Although there have been recent reports and articles questioning the extent, and even the existence, of looming […]

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Aiming to Understand Target Benefit Plans

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

23 Sep 201417 Jan 2015

By: Kathy Bergstrom Target benefit plans (TBPs) remain a hot topic in the discussion around pension reform in Canada. They’ve been around for many years in the form of multi-employer pension plans, but now the federal government and many provinces are considering […]

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Award for a Lifetime of Service—the Envelope Please . . .

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

09 Sep 201417 Jan 2015

By: Kathy Bergstrom Joan Tanaka marked her 47th year working in benefits at the International Foundation’s 47th Annual Canadian Employee Benefits Conference in Calgary last month, receiving the honour of the 2014 Canadian Lifetime Volunteer Award. The significance wasn’t lost on Tanaka. […]

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Filling Skill Gaps With Aboriginal Apprenticeship Program

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

10 Jul 201417 Jan 2015

By: Kathy Bergstrom As Ontario struggles with a skilled trades gap, aboriginal Canadians are fighting a daunting challenge as well—Half of the aboriginal population is under the age of 25 and unemployment is nearly twice that of nonaboriginal population. Harold McBride, Executive […]