A group benefits plan, and/or retirement savings plan, can be integrated with benefits paid by either your Provincial or the Federal arm of government. It is important to understand what these government benefits are and how they impact your employee benefits plan...
Article written by Kevin Routley While most employers are looking only at bottom line cost and keeping their overall rates in check, more often than not, they are missing the true drivers of benefit cost increases. As the City of Toronto’s Auditor...
Statement by Minister of Health and Long-Term Care January 29, 2018 The following statement was issued today by Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, following an announcement by the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance and the Canadian Generic...
Summary of Bill 148- Changes to Employment Standards Act, 2000 Attached is a summary of changes for the upcoming year impacting the Employment Standard Act, 2000. Many of the proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act are scheduled to take place on a rolling...
Jordan Fremont and Gabrielle Fortier-Cofsky | November 21, 2017 Jordan Fremont is a partner at Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP in Toronto. Gabrielle Fortier-Cofsky is an associate in the firm’s Ottawa office. Does disability interfere with an...
Canada’s first major biosimilar drug appears to be having a rough start in the private group insurance industry. Meanwhile, it looks like much smoother sailing for public drug plans, which are going ahead with preferred listing status for Inflectra based on a price...
