Employee Assistance Programs are More Essential than Ever
By Michele MactaggartSpringtime triggers extended health benefit plan renewals for many of our clients. It is always a busy but favourite time of year for us at Bensol – an opportunity to meet with our customers to catch up and explore how their benefit needs may have changed as we look to the year ahead. Sadly, this […]
Know the Value of Employee Benefits Plans
By Michele MactaggartYou’re considering investing significant time and money into setting up an employee benefits plan. It may be money earmarked for something else, but you want to show your support for staff and their families without increasing hourly wages or salaries. According to Tom Milne, a Benefits Canada expert, “Employee benefits plans are often one of […]
The Blue Elephant In The Room
By Victoria Miron VranićHow are you really feeling? It’s okay not to be okay. Take care of your own mental health. We’re asked this question or hear these statements nearly every day. It seems engrained in us to check in on others to see how they’re doing and to remain invested in societal mental health. Yet recently, an […]
Sanofi Canada Healthcare Survey
By Victoria Miron VranićThe future of health benefit plans Sanofi Canada established its premiere survey of private health benefit plans in this country almost 25 years ago. The information compiled in its annual online survey helps companies build benefit plans for employees and employers to protect the health of their workforces and improve productivity. We thought sharing some […]
Support Pawsitive Pet Effects for Employees
By Victoria Miron VranićWelcome to February, a month of love and companionship. The stay-at-home order seems to be working, meaning we were all looking out for each other by keeping our distance. Things are looking up as we reopen businesses and wait for our vaccinations. The new year didn’t start off as hoped and that may have led […]
HCSA: Benefit Flexibility = Happy Employees
By Victoria Miron VranićYou try to do what’s best for everyone, but no one’s happy. You see it in their faces – the Boomers, Xs, and the dreaded Ys. There’s no formula that works and with the growing percentage of millennials in the workforce, maybe the right choice is keeping Ys happy. Is that even possible? Does this […]
Make it Mean a Little More
By Victoria Miron VranićGet Personal This Yearend Have you noticed all of the holiday decorations around your neighbourhood? What about the festive backgrounds on virtual meetings? People are looking for some joy and are trying to make the best of the ongoing situation. But don’t be a downer this yearend. Plan a little something for your hardworking employees […]
Embrace Uncertainty
By Victoria Miron VranićHow entrepreneurial thinking might outwit coronavirus Are entrepreneurs better equipped to manage the uncertainty of COVID-19? Is being able to navigate the unknown a factor in resiliency, or simply a necessary evil of business independence? It’s impossible to know the answer to these questions right now, but historically, philosophers believed that embracing uncertainty had its own […]
