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My Brother, who is one of the owners of, The Blind Men posted this today and I thought it was well said. We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those one hundred thousand Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection…

I will start by acknowledging that it has been a couple weeks since I have done a Blog.  I was kiteboarding up the coast of Brazil and due to moving hotels every couple days, I didn't take my computer with me.  There has been lots going on in the Employee Benefits world while I was…

In my blog a couple of weeks ago, I spoke about Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) going unchecked. I would like to talk this week about managing our expectations or understanding the risk. I have done a small survey of my clients about why they have purchased an EAP? Most business owners have purchased the plan…

I would like to thank Tanja Halsall and her team from Potenia HR for helping my clients with several aspects of their businesses, and most recently with Employment Contracts.  The remainder of the Blog is from Tanja who provides insight into Employment Contracts and why they are important. A couple weeks ago, we answered questions…

Are Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) working?  My perception is these programs are operating without the ability to monitor their services. Employees are comfortable coming forward if there is a problem with their Health & Dental claims, but what happens when an employee contacts an EAP provider? A brave employee came forward and asked his employer…

Photo by Gustavo Torres on Unsplash Most of my clients have a very clear understanding that a Healthy Employee usually correlates to a Happy and Productive Employee.  The hard part is how do you engage employees? Manulife has launched a new Wellness App.  I know what you are thinking, isn't there enough on the internet already? Aren't employees…

Photo by Luma Pimentel on Unsplash We recently had a client ask us a question on the extended 18-month maternity and parental leave.  So I went to my Human Resource's expert Tanja Halsall with Potentia HR for the answers. As many employers are only now starting to see these requests roll in, we thought we would share the…

I knew that different parts of the world paid different prices for prescriptions, and it wasn't until I read the book 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolen that I got a clearer understanding in how great the difference is.  Not only the cost but how certain prescriptions are no longer produced because…

Photo by Matthew T Rader on Unsplash Empire Life has a benefit for people with addictions who want to attend an rehab facility.  I wonder if they would consider this one of their covered addictions?  I recently assisted a client with an employee who had a Gaming addiction, the process the employee went through was similar to an…