Workplace stress on the rise
Jan 29, 2019CTV News Ottawa: Video interview with Paula Allen on workplace mental health.
Isolation a factor in workplace stress
Jan 29, 2019CTV News Toronto: Video interview with Paula Allen on workplace mental health.
Paid and unpaid leaves to be expanded for federally regulated employees
Jan 23, 2019On December 13, 2018, the federal government passed Bill C-86 which, among other things, will expand certain paid and unpaid leaves for federally regulated employers and employees under the Canada Labour Code (the Code).
Impact on pension expense under international accounting as at December 31, 2018
Jan 23, 2019Every year, companies must establish an expense for their defined benefit pension plans.
Update: second Exposure Draft of new rules for pension commuted value calculations
Jan 23, 2019On November 23, 2018, the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries released the second Exposure Draft of proposed changes to the actuarial standards applicable for the calculation of pension commuted values (CVs).
Quebec to modify funding rules for multi-jurisdictional defined benefit pension plans
Jan 23, 2019A draft regulation titled “Regulation respecting the funding of multi-jurisdictional defined benefit pension plans” (the Draft Regulation) was published in the Gazette officielle du Québec on December 5, 2018.
OSFI releases statistics on pension and savings plan coverage in Canada
Jan 23, 2019The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) recently released a fact sheet titled Registered Pension Plans (RPPs) and Other Types of Savings Plans – Coverage in Canada.
New Ontario government postpones implementation of Pay Transparency Act
Jan 23, 2019The Ontario government has delayed the implementation of the Pay Transparency Act, 2018 (the Act), which would have required provincially regulated employers in Ontario to begin disclosing compensation information in public job postings and...
New pay equity obligations for federally regulated employers
Jan 23, 2019On December 13, 2018, the federal government’s Bill C-86, which among other things establishes a new Pay Equity Act (the Act), received royal assent.
Tracking the funded status of pension plans as at December 31, 2018
Jan 23, 2019The evolution of the financial situation of pension plans since December 31, 2017