Employee Benefits

Latest COVID-19 Survey Shows Heightened Interest in Virtual Care

Latest COVID-19 Survey Shows Heightened Interest in Virtual Care

Alyssa Hodder, GBA
 

With the pandemic limiting Canadians’ ability to access much-needed healthcare services, many organizations are looking for alternatives. The Impact of COVID-19 on Pensions and Benefits in Canada survey, conducted in June by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, finds increased uptake […]

Psychological Considerations for Returning to the Workplace

Psychological Considerations for Returning to the Workplace

Anne Patterson
 

My fellow Talking Benefits podcasters and I recently got together for another COVID-19–related episode to discuss an evolving topic—psychological considerations for returning to the workplace. As some employees are getting called back to the workplace, employers need to consider new stressors that workers have […]

Apprenticeship Stakeholders Adjust to a Post-COVID-19 Reality

Apprenticeship Stakeholders Adjust to a Post-COVID-19 Reality

Justin Held, CEBS
 

Apprenticeship program duties became significantly more challenging under limitations from the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers Thomas Fischer, Jennifer E. Germaine, Esq., and Thomas E. Pfundstein, Ph.D., addressed these challenges in a recent International Foundation webcast titled Apprenticeship Program Challenges During COVID-19. The webcast […]