employee benefits

Cultural Humility: What is it and How to Practice it in Employee Benefits

Cultural Humility: What is it and How to Practice it in Employee Benefits

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
 

Employers and benefit plan sponsors can play a bigger role in addressing the disparities in access to adequate health care among minority populations—an issue that has received increasing attention in the last year as the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted African Americans […]

Can Canadian Employers Require Employees to Join a Group Benefit Plan?

Can Canadian Employers Require Employees to Join a Group Benefit Plan?

Amanda Wilke, CEBS
 

Canadian employers know that their employees value benefit plans. Employer-sponsored plans often provide additional benefit coverage to employees beyond the basic medical treatment covered under the universal health care system. Every employer’s benefit plan may be different—some include mandatory benefit programs that […]

Three Important Steps on the Diversity and Inclusion Journey

Three Important Steps on Your Diversity and Inclusion Journey

Robbie Hartman, CEBS
 

“After expressing support for racial justice and the Black Lives Matter movement, many companies now face the reality of a prolonged remote working environment and questions about how to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace,” Susan Hunter wrote in “Taking the […]

Family-Friendly Benefits—How Do You Measure Up?

From extended paid maternity leave to breast milk shipping on the company’s tab, employers nationwide are embracing new and innovative family-friendly benefits. The International Foundation’s latest report, Employee Benefits Survey 2016, examines the many ways employers are creating a family-friendly culture in […]