Managing Sick Notes for Frequent Short-Term Absences in Canada
Multinational employers with Canadian operations are facing a clear shift in how and when they can rely on ‘sick notes’ to manage attendance, particularly for…
Subjects: Canada
2025 Canadian Government Benefits Update
Cowan recently released a 2025 Canadian government benefits update. It covers pension plan amounts and rates, old age security pension amounts, employment insurance premium rates,…
Canada’s Pharmacare Act Introduced
On February 29, 2024, Canada’s Pharmacare Act was introduced by the government through Bill C-64. This bill is a significant step towards implementing a national…
Cowan’s Jacquie Fritsch Promoted to Principal Consultant and Global Benefits Practice Lead
Cowan, Asinta’s Partner in Canada, announced that Jacquie Fritsch has been appointed Principal Consultant and Practice Lead for Global Benefits. With over two decades of…
2024 Employee Benefits Trends in Canada
2024 employee benefits trends in Canada were highlighted at Cowan’s recent client conference and included strategies for group benefit design for the five-generational workforce, prescription…
Canadian employment insurance sickness benefits increases
Canadian employment insurance sickness benefits are an important measure for supporting workers who are in the difficult circumstance of having to temporarily leave their job…
Meet Asinta’s Canadian Partner, Jacquie Fritsch of Cowan
Our global employee benefits Partnership celebrates 30 years of creating brilliant connections this year, and given that, we thought you might like to meet…
Benchmarking Employee Benefits in Canada 2022
If you want to begin benchmarking employee benefits in Canada, a good place to start is with this . Asinta’s Canadian Partner Cowan compiled the…
Ontario Mandates Proof of Vaccination
While receiving a COVID-19 vaccine remains voluntary, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) now mandates that proof of vaccination to protect people at work (or…
Canadian Disability and Leave of Absence Program
Return to Health is a Canadian disability and leave of absence program created by Cowan, Asinta’s employee benefits consulting Partner in Canada. This program is…