Understanding the new federal EI sickness benefit program The federal government has confirmed that it will be extending the EI sickness benefit program from 15 weeks to 26 weeks, effective December 18, 2022. What this means for employers: Plan sponsors are under no legal obligation to change their plans to align with Bill C-30 If your STD …
What it takes to build an executive health and well-being group benefits program Workplace wellness has become a top business priority. Nowhere is this more obvious than the resources that companies are investing to enhance their executive health and well-being offerings. As the new-normal era of remote and hybrid work blurs the lines between our …
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A well-defined executive compensation strategy is one of the most important tools your organization can use to attract top talent and drive growth. Creating a total compensation strategy for executives that delivers those results means including specific features—from wages and insurance to group benefits—that help convince highly-skilled candidates that your workplace will cater to their …
Founding, managing and growing a business—as so many entrepreneurs will advise—is not for the faint-hearted. It’s a thrilling, time-consuming labour of love that requires a business owner to wear many hats in order to steer their organization toward success. The same is true if they’re an incorporated professional, where the need to build and service …
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Achieving personal financial wellness is a journey rather than a destination. The process evolves over time with your changing circumstances—the start of a new business, the arrival of children, the sale of a business or a change of industry, as just a few examples—and requires constant reassessment. The financial planning strategy you employ today could …
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One of our core values at Bridgewell Financial is to give back to the community, as often an in as many varied ways as we can. That explains why we support a range of causes each year. One of our favourites is the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health—an organization dedicated to helping Canadians address …
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If recent trends are any indication, a growing number of Canadians will continue their path to contract or self-employment in the years ahead. That movement, which accelerated during the COVID-19 crisis, has been ongoing for some time. The challenge is that gig, freelance, contract and self-employed individuals—not to mention smaller organizations with between one and …
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Your organization has a comprehensive group benefits plan with strong medical, life and dental coverage. Maybe it has a mental health services component and even a health spending account that allows employees to spend in areas that suit their lifestyle needs. If your package looks like this, congratulations—you’re ahead of the curve when it comes …
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Hybrid, flexible work will be a permanent feature across North American workplaces as we slowly emerge from the coronavirus pandemic—and virtual benefits are not only here to stay, but will become an increasingly important aspect of the employee group benefits experience. Those were two of the most important insights that were exchanged during last week’s …
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When we launched Bridgewell Financial earlier this year, we made a commitment to not only work to enhance your personal and professional financial wellness, but to also deliver the latest insights to keep you informed. We believe that having the right information is the key to making effective strategic decisions, ones that help promote financial …
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