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As I mentioned in my blog last week, Carrigan is off on maternity leave.  She will be missed. Some of you will remember that I have horseshoes in an uncomfortable location... :) I would like to introduce Louise Boisvert. Louise worked with me several years ago and has come back to join me.  Although Louise…

  I am excited to announce that Carrigan and her partner are expecting their first child and she will be going on maternity leave Friday, March 4th.  Although I will miss working with her, I am so excited as she enters into her new adventure.  Please join me in wishing Carrigan all the best on…

I am seeing these signs up in a lot of places. My clients are saying the same thing, we need more people. In my previous Blog, I pulled an article from infonews.ca that mentioned there are 21,000 job openings in the Thompson-Okanagan. My question is, what are you doing to stand out? Employee Benefits and…

Every year the Dentists come back to Insurance Companies and tell them what increase they require.  These increases affect the Employer, since you ultimately pay the premium for your Employees. As you will notice from the attachment from Empire Life, BC has the largest increase in all of Canada.  This is the second year in…

  I spent some time this weekend with several other Business Owners. Our conversation kept coming back to finding employees.  They were past the point of asking for good employees, they just need people to show up for work. We talked about the how they value their employees. Some of the companies were lucky enough…

Happy New Year! As we enter into 2022, most of my clients are talking about retaining and hiring employees.  How can we stand out from the rest of the Employer's out there? Employee Benefits and RRSPs are a couple areas that are worth looking at.  Even if you already offer them, reviewing your current plans…

I wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season.  Since I do not live near my family, I do understand that some people are spending some or all of the Holiday Season by themselves.  I hope that everyone can reach out and share the season. This gift was given to me by my Assistant Carrigan, who most…

Photo by Ross Parmly on Unsplash As we start travelling again, we are navigating the ever changing world of Covid.  This is the Blog with the latest information that was forwarded to me by Allianz Travel Insurance. There are some countries that are requiring proof of Covid Insurance.  Employee Benefit Programs may cover you for hospitalization due to…

I hope this is the last Blog that talks about increased costs to the Employer in 2022. Sun Life has forwarded a notice to remind us, that the Employment Insurance maximum benefit is increasing effective January 1, 2022. Maximum Insurable Earnings are - $60,300 Maximum EI Benefit - $638 Contact your Broker to assist you…