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Nov 2016Walking Meetings – Empowering Employees one step at a time!
Employers and employees alike are embracing the growing trend in work meetings. They’re taking it outside! Known as ‘walk & talks’, and just like it sounds, walking meetings take place during a walk instead of the office. The workplace offers a great opportunity to promote physical activity. Changing just one meeting a week from the meeting room to the great outdoors can boost employees’ creativity,...
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Jun 20165 Reasons to Offer Employee Benefits
Have you been thinking about purchasing group benefits for your business but struggle with justifying the budget spend? Let me share with you a few things that a competitive group benefits plan can do for you! 1.Attract & Retain Valuable Staff You’ve probably experienced the frustration of losing talented staff to companies that offer better employee benefits. Employee benefits programs have proven to be a...
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Apr 2016Spring Into Better Health
Finally, the nice weather has arrived and we can pack away our winter wardrobe! As we shed bulky sweaters and coats we slip into our sandals and colourful spring/summer attire. With that comes the ease of kicking the extra winter weight gain to the curb! By ease, I don’t mean it’s easy to lose but it’s definitely easy to get outside and be more active....
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Feb 2016Federal Taxation of Group Benefits Premiums
If you provide group benefits to your employees, here’s a question you should be asking: Are employer-paid premiums considered a taxable benefit to the employee? If you pay for or give an employee a benefit or service above and beyond their salary, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will generally require you to include the value of that benefit or service in the employee’s income. Most, but...
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Feb 2016Are You Paying Too Much for Brand-Name Drugs?
Prescription medication can put a lot of pressure on your employee benefits budget. That’s because researching, developing and launching a new prescription drug is an expensive undertaking. But once that new drug has been developed, copying it for sale as a generic drug is a relatively straightforward procedure. New drugs are patent-protected. To ensure continued investment by pharmaceutical companies, innovating pharmaceutical companies are given exclusive...
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