Benefits
The Importance of Having a Continuation of Benefits Policy
Exciting News! One of our Partners has been featured on the Benefits Alliance website. Check it out for insights on the Importance of Having a Continuation of Benefits Policy. Benefits advisors see it all too often: team members receiving full benefits, including health and dental, for years when they are on disability or other leaves…
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Adding Our Voice to Pharmacare
Through Cox Financial Group’s membership of the The Benefits Alliance Group we have been hard at work advocating for a better version of Pharmacare on behalf of Canadians. Canada’s new—and only—national advocacy body for plan sponsors and plan members has earned a seat at the pharmacare table. “Our voice is resonating,” says Carolyne Eagan, principal…
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Canada Dental Benefit Programs – What you need to know
Click below to download a useful summary of the Canada Dental Benefit Programs that helps summarize what you need to know about: If you have questions or want to discuss considerations of your benefits plan, please do not hesitate to contact us. This content is powered by the Benefits Alliance Group. Cox Financial Group is…
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NEW Employee Perks & Resources
NEW Employee Perks & Resources We are always seeking ways to provide additional value to you as one of your trusted business partners. Now you can compete and retain talent like the big employers by offering your team free access to Trusted Resources who will help your team members in their journey toward financial security…
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Financial Worries Eat Up Work Time
Financial Worries Eat Up Work Time When it comes to their finances, Canadians are stressed. A survey by Manulife and Angus Reid in late 2022 found that almost three out of four Canadian workers are concerned about their level of financial stress. “Finances are top of mind for most Canadians,” says Brenda Mullen, Senior Consultant, Employee Retirement…
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Virtual Care: All in the Delivery
Virtual Care: All in the Delivery When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, virtual care was in its infancy. Then overnight it seemed that patients were connecting with their clinicians by phone, computer or SMS, not only for medical advice but also for prescriptions, referrals, lab work and diagnostic tests. Fast forward three years and virtual care…
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Wherefore Pharmacare?
Wherefore Pharmacare? With less than four months to go for the federal government to table legislation to enact a national pharmacare program in Canada, the silence is deafening. And Benefits Alliance’s advocacy committee says it’s high time that employers with private drug plans raise their voices to be part of the conversation on what happens…
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EI Update: What you need to know
As of December 18, 2022, employees can collect sickness benefits from Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) plan for an additional 11 weeks, bringing the total period of coverage to 26 weeks (up from 15 weeks). That sounds like good news for both employees and employers—but is it? As is often the case when there is change,…
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The Art & Science of Group Retirement Programs
What do Van Gogh and retirement savings plans have in common? Not so much on the surface, perhaps, but painting is a useful analogy to demystify the seemingly complicated options for employer retirement programs. “For an artist, the colour palette of paint in essence hasn’t changed for hundreds of years, yet every painting is different.…
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Canada’s Two Dental Programs: Get the Facts
The federal government has formally begun the process of creating the Canadian Dental Care Program (CDCP) by 2025; however, it’s not to be confused with the Canada Dental Benefit (CDB) that took effect on December 1, 2022. “We have an interim measure right now for children up to age 12. But it’s not really a…
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