During an employee’s gender transition, virtually every workplace benefit can come into play, including drug coverage, employee assistance programs, flexible working options, mental-health programs and diversity initiatives. Bringing in a consultant is a helpful...
See the recent article published in The Business Advisor, The Magazine for Saskatoon Entrepreneurs, by our own Andrea Hansen. Click here to read where Andrea discusses the evolving landscape of group benefits.
“ One of the most important value-adds we could offer plan sponsors would be to better engage employees in the voluntary contribution area.” David Frank Bell Financial The Benefits Alliance Group recently participated in an Advisor Forum with partner Great West Life...
A Quebec employer recently boasted about its unconventional hiring policy – the company has never hired a “smoker” in its 30 years as a business, and its proud of this stance. News like this is mildly shocking in Canada, where the idea of health outcomes, personal...
The rise of ‘generic’ biologics should mean cost savings for employer drug plans Most of us are familiar with the difference between brand-name drugs and their generic equivalents. Basically, the generics are “bio-equivalent” to the brand names and are, for all...
