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Shopify wins award for ‘digital by design’ employee health, wellness strategy

lbailey — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:00:45 +0000

Shopify Inc. was awarded for its digital-first employee health and wellness strategy at Benefits Canada‘s 2021 Workplace Benefits Awards on Oct. 14. The technology company won the award in the Coronavirus and Benefits category for an employer with more than 5,000 employees. Although the organization already had a few remote workers, it swiftly transitioned all of its employees […]

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Editorial: Chronic disease, mental health in spotlight as pandemic surges on

Jennifer Paterson — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:00:38 +0000

With the Delta variant leading the coronavirus pandemic in a renewed surge, employers continue to have a surplus of challenges, regardless of whether or not they’re planning a return to the workplace. I discussed this latter challenge in my Editorial last month, but at the risk of heaping on more doom and gloom, it may […]

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Employers leveraging benefits, flexibility to prevent pandemic surge in disability claims

lbailey — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:56:12 +0000

During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ottawa Community Housing Corp. battened down the hatches and focused on addressing any absence management issues before they occurred. Now, Cindy Newell, the company’s director of human resources, says OCH is expecting to see fewer disability leaves post-pandemic, thanks to a proactive absence and disability management strategy […]

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Supporting employees with chronic conditions amid pandemic-fueled delays to care

lbailey — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:52:55 +0000

As the country began shutting down to focus on beating back the coronavirus at the height of the pandemic in March 2020, people with chronic health conditions fell to the back of the health-care line. “While all Canadians probably faced — to some extent — a negative impact due to some of the public health […]

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Webinar coverage: Is flexibility key to a successful return to the workplace?

lbailey — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:00:52 +0000

At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, Julie Gaudry and her colleagues in the industry braced themselves for a surge in disability claims that never came to fruition. “We didn’t know what the prevalence of this virus would be . . . and how significantly it would make people ill,” said Gaudry, head of group […]

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2021 BPS coverage: Drug, disability claims stabilizing but pandemic’s impact lingers

bwolfe — Tue, 25 May 2021 13:05:07 +0000

While the rates of drug and disability claims are returning to their pre-pandemic levels, employers are still contending with the impact of the coronavirus crisis on their benefits plans. Following the declaration of the pandemic in March 2020, there was a subsequent surge in drug claims attributed to medication stockpiling, said Frédéric Leblanc, strategic advisor […]

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How Algonquin College is stepping up its absence management program

mdunne — Fri, 14 May 2021 12:58:45 +0000

When Algonquin College decided to streamline its absence management process in 2019, it was important to partner with a provider that would go beyond merely adjudicating files and deliver a touchpoint for employees. The school quickly found that partner in Morneau Shepell Ltd., which was already providing ad-hoc absence management services to Algonquin, says Jessica […]

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Plan members using EAP, virtual care to support mental health during pandemic

mschmit — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:00:38 +0000

The coronavirus pandemic has significantly increased plan members’ willingness to seek help for their mental-health concerns and to access video or telephone counselling, said Julie Gaudry, senior director of group insurance for RBC Insurance, during Benefits Canada’s 2020 Mental Health Summit on Nov. 12. An RBC Insurance survey of plan members found two-thirds (67 per cent) […]

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Role of data integration in disability management post-pandemic

mschmit — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 04:30:42 +0000

The long-term economic impacts of the COVID-19 s pandemic is anybody’s best guess, as are its long-term health impacts. Emerging evidence shows that, even after recovering from infection, longer-term symptoms such as exhaustion headaches and muscle aches in some patients can last for weeks. In more severe cases, resulting in hospitalization, longer-term consequences can include lung scarring, […]

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Five workplace changes that should stay post-coronavirus

mschmit — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 04:45:33 +0000

The coronavirus pandemic has been disruptive for all and sadly, devastating and difficult for many. In the pandemic’s early days, we saw a great deal of change and upheaval very swiftly — both for organizations and our communities. The way in which we live our lives day to day changed very quickly. And for many Canadian employers, […]

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