Employee Benefits

Chances are, you hire people who fall into the “contractor” category. Since they're not actual employees, they probably don't receive your full benefits package. So what would happen if...

Employee Benefits

Do you have employees stationed north of the border? Are you ready to implement a Canadian benefits plan? In our blog, Canadian Benefits 101: Advice for Foreign-Based Employers, we...

Health & Wellness

What counts as too much screen time? In our plugged-in society, most of us spend more than 5 hours a day looking at a screen. For those in office jobs, that number is closer to 9 hours. ...

Employee Benefits

Parental leave, terminations, cost-sharing. These are just some of the situations that could result in a change to your employee benefits plan. To ensure you have the information you need...

Financial Wellness

In January 2019, the BC government will introduce a new Health Tax to replace the BC MSP premiums. The goal is to save individuals $900 and families $1,800 a year. But how will it affect...

Health & Wellness

If you have employees who are caring for ill, elderly, or disabled family members, you know the toll it can take on them. Those balancing work and caregiving have to deal with distraction,...

Employee Benefits

We like it when an employer and their employees are happy with their selected benefit provider, but satisfaction is usually the outcome of many factors. Rates need to be priced fairly,...

Employee Benefits

As globalization increases, more and more Canadian companies are sending workers around the world. But here’s the challenge: Employee benefits in a global setting are increasingly complex....

Employee Benefits

It may come as a surprise, but dental health can have huge consequences for individuals and businesses alike. Did you know that about 4.15 million working days are lost every year because...

Employee Benefits

Do you hire and work with contractors? Not every employer realizes that in addition to “independent contractors” and “employees”, there now exists a third worker category called “dependent...