Most benefit plans base the amount of Life and/ or Disability insurance provided to insured employees on current salaries/earnings of the employee. As the end of the year approaches don’t forget to ensure that your insured employee salary/earnings … [Read more...]
Earlier this year the federal government announced an important change to Employee Insurance (EI) benefits as part of its 2016 Federal Budget. Effective January 1st, 2017 , the waiting period for EI benefits (including sickness benefits) will be … [Read more...]
Along with summer comes back to school and I wanted to send a friendly reminder to you to make sure that anyone with an overage dependant has filled out the appropriate paperwork to ensure uninterrupted coverage. For most plans, an overage … [Read more...]
An agreement-in-principle on a modest, incremental Canada Pension Plan (CPP) increase was reached yesterday at the Vancouver Finance Ministers' summit. Ottawa plus eight provinces signed. Quebec has plans of its own and although Manitoba did not … [Read more...]
