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10 Tips from our Members on National Employee Benefits Day
As Benefits advisors, our members often have a unique view on the workplace, particularly when it comes to understanding how to keep employees happy and feeling appreciated. For National Employee Benefits Day, we reached out to our Members for a few tips to pass...
Are Health and Wellness Spending Accounts Taking Off?
People who work from home will expect their benefits to keep up with the changes I think the question I’m getting most often from clients in the last few months is basically, “What effect will this sudden upsurge in working from home have on the sorts of benefits that...
Today’s Experience Economy: How a Strategic Approach to Benefits Will Help Your Company Thrive
Customers have endless choices No matter what business you’re in, all business is people business. When customers are choosing products or services in a vast sea of sameness, one thing can make a company become a preferred choice: delivering a remarkable customer...
Kick Starting Change in the Workplace
Physical distancing has forced us to move forward faster than we ever imagined By Bill Zolis I think we’re seeing what would have been the next 5 or 10 years in the evolution of work land on us all at once. We’re making it work by necessity in a ready-or-not,...
Hitting Reset On The Mindset
We can’t afford to think “when this is over.” We have a job to do and a chance to step up and really shine. By Bill Zolis Five weeks in, working from home. I didn’t think it was a new thing for me, but I’m surprised and a little pleased to discover how much I’m...
HR Minute: Upholding an Employer’s Right to Medical Information
Purpose: The purpose of the HR Minute is to provide clients with timely information about human resources issues. Please take a moment to read this important information. The recent case of Provincial Health Services Authority (“Provincial Health”) and HAS BC (Kozak)...
Big Data Takes on Benefits Fraud
Data analysis is starting to make a dent in many benefits fraud schemes In the world of benefits fraud, there are big fish and little fish. A lot of the big fish do get caught – or at least shut down – but what usually comes as a very nasty surprise to the little...
Is Virtual Health Care the New Must-Have Benefit?
In the age of the smartphone, do we really still need to line up and wait to talk to a doctor? You can do all your banking from your phone, use the self-checkout at the supermarket, renew your car license online and live-stream the latest movies into your living room....
Changes to OHIP+ Effective April 1, 2019
The Ontario government is making changes to its OHIP+ Children and Youth Pharmacare program, as you know. The changes affect Ontario residents aged 24 and under, as follows: Those with prescription drug coverage under a private plan will access prescribed...
Supporting Employee’s Transgender Transition
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...
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