Thirty-one employees at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto have been fired in relation to “irregularities in some employee health benefit claims,” spokesperson Leslie Shepherd confirmed in an email to Benefits Canada. The irregularities were discovered during a routine audit, and approximately $200,000 worth of claims were found to be in breach of the hospital’s code of […]
An officer from the York Regional Police Service was fired yesterday for benefits fraud, two years after pleading guilty and being suspended with pay. In the original hearing on Dec. 10, 2015, York Regional Police superintendent Graeme Turl ruled that first class constable Salwa Husseini would have seven days to resign from her position or face […]
The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission has ruled a benefits plan must cover a member’s medical marijuana prescription. “Employee benefit plans are not required to cover the sun, moon, and the stars,” Benjamin Perryman, chair of the board of inquiry, wrote in his ruling. But if a member with a disability requests coverage similar to what other […]
When Campbell Co. of Canada opened its annual flexible benefits enrolment window in December 2016, it made a number of changes to streamline the process, including moving it completely online, changing the way it deducts wellness contributions and scrapping the graduated matching for the company’s group registered retirement savings plan. The company’s plan covers a […]
Whenever we mention the phrase “medical marijuana in the workplace,” we’re met with eye-rolls and smirks. After all, a poll we conducted in September 2016 found only 21 per cent of business leaders in small and medium-sized companies believe medical marijuana should be covered under a group benefits plan. But employers also have to consider […]
Indispensable and beneficial for some but unnecessary and expensive for others, paramedical services are an integral part of most group insurance plans in Canada. So should plan sponsors, always keen to optimize plan cost management, be concerned about the rise in the use of paramedicals in recent years? According to data from the latest Sanofi […]
Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA) has acquired Vézina, an independent insurance brokerage firm in Montreal, Quebec for an undisclosed amount.
The rise of big data means information is coming into organizations in greater volume, variety and velocity than ever before.
The Co-operators has purchased a majority interest in The Edge Benefits for an undisclosed amount.
How can access to more—and better—data improve employee benefits?