The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association’s compensation disclosure guideline doesn’t adequately provide for transparency, according to a letter submitted by the Benefits Alliance Group Inc. “The quasi regulatory role assumed by such a powerful trade association is littered with serious conflicts of interest,” the letter read. It noted these’s an imbalance between the natural goals […]
British Columbia’s Court of Appeal has upheld an award of five months’ notice for an employee with only 12 months of service who was terminated without cause. “The case is an important reminder to employers that notice obligations on termination can be significant even for short-term employees,” says David McInnes, an employment and labour lawyer […]
Canada rose two spots to No. 9 among 43 countries in Natixis Investment Managers’ 2018 global retirement index. The modest rise in Canada’s ranking is attributed to improving economic conditions and environmental factors, according to the report, which also points to several factors — low interest rates, growing levels of public debt, aging populations and […]
When it instituted random drug testing last year, the Toronto Transit Commission was eager to ensure its employees knew what it expected of them. To get the message out, the transit authority mailed a handbook last year to the home of every employee and published it online so all workers would be fully aware of […]
Fewer than half (40 per cent) of human resources professionals said their organization takes a reactive rather than a proactive approach to sexual harassment in the workplace, according to a new survey by the Human Resources Professionals Association. The survey also found 17 per cent of respondents have witnessed an employee being sexually harassed or assaulted and 20 per […]
Coverage of the 2017 Risk Management Conference
How private debt has evolved post-2008.
Pension systems still feel effects of financial crisis
Bill Robson and John Murray on the role of policymakers in financial markets.
Blogger Edward Harrison pulls off the rose-coloured glasses.