MP Benefits Perspective

As all employers are responsible to adhere to Employment Standards and Guidelines both Provincially and Federally, when an Employee Group Benefit Plan is enacted, the employer has the duties and responsibilities as the policy holder to uphold the conditions of the...

Customization

No matter the size of the business, when it comes to benefits, most do not want an “in the box” program and size is NOT an issue. Customization—most entrepreneurs agree—is key to the attraction and retention process of a well thought out, well-structured compensation...

Impacts of Marijuana in the Workplace, A Human Resources Perspective

Did you know that medical cannabis has been legal in Canada since 1999? Outside Uruguay, Canada is the only other country in the world to legalize possession, cultivation, and sale of recreational marijuana nationally. According to Health Canada, there were more than...

Benefits

Questioning Alberta’s Bill 43 and Benefits

While the holistic approach to Alberta’s Bill 43, the “Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020” as it relates to amending the Worker’s Compensation Act seems sound, it does leave some consulting questions regarding its impact to those organizations with a...

PPE | Costs to you

Remember the little rhyme we recite to toddlers to teach them the names of their body parts…fingers and toes…eyes—ears—mouth—and nose. Now, I think this is in reference to remembering all of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) necessary for the day-to-day jobs in...

COVID-19 Mail Disruption … Digital Alternatives

If mail delivery is delayed or suspended, we all need to be prepared. Employers Administration: Use the on-line portals provided by each insurer and benefit provider for billing and reporting. If you are not already signed up for these services, please proceed with...

Compensation

The Costs of Seniors

“Canada to see a 40% increase in cancer patients by 2013” This Globe and Mail article goes on to report how this staggering statistic is due to the “rising tide of seniors”. In fact, way down the page, the article reveals the incident rates for cancer have held...

Disability Income

When I was younger, I had a conversation my creator and confirmed that when I was placed on this Earth nothing bad would happen to me. I should have gotten that in writing! Despite the lack of an eternal contract, I did have the ability and foresight to plan for “just...

Reasons To Offer A Group Benefit Package

Why offer a group benefit package for your employees when it will: Cost money Offer the opportunity to be abused Not appreciated However, consider this: three in ten Canadians don’t have any individual life insurance and that number doubles when it comes to disability...

Culture

What does Failure look like?

If you’re successful in business, you know failure. If it’s just the result you’re looking for, you’ll never make it. Hard work, effort and tenacity pays through the stepping stones of multiple, repetitive failure which translate into learning opportunities. I was...

Transformative Benefits

To take a page from the great business leadership coach, Dan Sullivan, when it comes to benefits, our goal would be; If we were to have a conversation three years from today, and you were sitting here looking back over those three years, what has to have happened for...

Knowledge does NOT equal Wisdom

The valuable lessons learned from our clients. Early in my career as an accidental entrepreneur, I felt to gain the clients confidence I needed to wow them with how much research I had completed regarding insurance and specifically employee group benefits that I...