News

For weeks now, talk of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has dominated the news cycle.  Employees are probably wondering if they should cancel any upcoming meetings, if their benefits offerings...

Health & Wellness

March signals the start of spring: an ideal time to help employees eat better. As your team begins booking beach vacations and planning trips to summer cabins, they often find new...

Health & Wellness

Whether you realize it or not, Canada is experiencing a sleep epidemic. In fact, we are the third most sleep deprived nation in the world, on par with the US. A lack of sleep strongly...

Employee Benefits

In today’s tight labour markets, there is a lot of discussion about the best ways to attract and retain personnel. Human Resources and Finance are working together to find ways to get...

Employee Benefits

We have written before about the myriad of reasons why employers should have a strong benefits package in place. However, in their excitement, employees can sometimes incur unintended...

Employee Benefits

Financial stress is universal. It affects both college grads struggling to pay rent and those approaching retirement with scanty savings. In fact, 43% of employees are so stressed about...

Employee Benefits

Today’s labour markets feature a diverse workforce spanning across multiple generations, each with their own unique physical, emotional, and financial needs. They also have different...

Health & Wellness

This year 1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental health problem or illness. It is nearly certain that some of your employees will struggle with their mental health, and perhaps they...

Health & Wellness

Each of the provinces across Canada have set up a publicly funded program that helps residents with their health care. In Ontario it’s the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), in Quebec...

Health & Wellness

Year after year, people vow to exercise more, to lose weight, and to eat better in the New Year. Just as regularly, however, most abandon their resolutions after a couple of months.