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… Read more >
February 25, 2015 Apprenticeship Programs, Canada, Education, Human Resources (HR) 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
February 19, 2015 Canada, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Regulatory, Retirement 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
January 29, 2015 Canada, Disease Management, Employee Benefits, Financial Wellness, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Mental Health, Wellness 0 Read more >
By: Ann Godsell, CEBS Acronyms are plentiful in the world of employee benefits. With new ones popping up all the time, benefits pros need to be diligent to keep acronym… Read more >
December 30, 2014 Affordable Care Act (ACA), Canada, CEBS (Certified Employee Benefit Specialist), Employee Benefits, HIPAA, Wellness 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
December 3, 2014 Canada, Disease Management, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, Wellness 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
November 6, 2014 Canada, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, Wellness 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
October 2, 2014 Apprenticeship Programs, Canada, Human Resources (HR) 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
September 23, 2014 Canada, Defined Benefit (DB) Plans, Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, Pensions 0 Read more >
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… Read more >
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… Read more >
July 10, 2014 Apprenticeship Programs, Canada, Education, Multiemployer 0 Read more >