The COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic implications for workplaces across Canada. A new report, Impact of COVID-19 on Pensions and Benefits in Canada, examines the myriad effects of the pandemic… Read more >
Brenda Hofmann
July 16, 2020
Canada, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Mental Health, Prescription Drugscoronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, virtual care
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Results of the 2020 Sanofi Canada Healthcare Survey show that investing in wellness at work benefits plan sponsors and plan members alike. From the plan member’s perspective, 86% of those… Read more >
Alyssa Hodder
July 6, 2020
Canada, Employee Benefits, Mental Health, Wellnessculture of wellness
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As the coronavirus pandemic took hold, some organizations adopted safer-at-home work environments, while others were deemed essential and saw their work shift from routine tasks to risk-taking heroics. Others were forced… Read more >
Stacy Van Alstyne, CEBS
May 13, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, Prescription Drugscoronavirus, coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, Employee Benefits in a COVID-19 World Survey Report, telehealth
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In rapid time, the coronavirus has upended the benefit industry’s way of work. Most offices stand empty or operate with a skeleton crew, as employees and plan participants keep their… Read more >
Robbie Hartman, CEBS
April 3, 2020
Canada, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Mental Healthcoronavirus, coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, mental health
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The International Foundation has surveyed benefit practitioners about their workplace wellness initiatives for nearly a decade. Over that time period, there has been a marked shift in the primary motivation… Read more >
Justin Held, CEBS
February 10, 2020
Employee Benefits, Mental Health, Wellnessmental health in the workplace, workplace wellness programs
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Each month on Talking Benefits, I join Julie Stich, Kelli Kolsrud and Justin Held, International Foundation benefits nerdthusiasts, to discuss a trending employee benefits topic we think our listeners want to know… Read more >
Anne Patterson
October 17, 2019
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, Talking Benefits Podcast, Wellnessmental health in the workplace
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Today is World Mental Health Day and my inbox and social media feeds are full of quotes, messages and articles about the importance of recognizing and treating mental health disorders…. Read more >
Rebecca Estrada
October 10, 2019
Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, WellnessEAP, mental health first aid training, mental health in the workplace
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Mental health benefit offerings are on the rise, according to Workplace Wellness Trends, a new report released today from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Over the past several… Read more >
Anne Patterson
October 8, 2019
Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, Wellnessmental health coverage, mental health in the workplace, workplace wellness
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Most agree that healthier employees are happier, more productive and have fewer medical costs! The challenge, according to Jason Elliot, author of the article, Validate Wellness Vendors With a Data-Driven… Read more >
Teri Dougherty, CEBS
September 5, 2019
Disease Management, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources (HR), Mental Health, Wellnesswellness vendor, workplace wellness
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I was part of our organization’s wellness committee in the late ’90s. We were passionate about bringing our own approaches to healthy living to all of our co-workers through creative… Read more >
Ann Godsell, CEBS
August 28, 2019
Communication, Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, Health Care, Mental Health, Wellnessworkplace wellness
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