Disability

Case Study: The Importance of Early Intervention for Return to Work A national chain of veterinary clinics has partnered with GroupHEALTH for their [...]

Administrative Services Only (ASO) Might Be Right for You! In the world of employee benefits, the Administrative Services Only (ASO) funding model has been [...]

Vocational Rehabilitation: Helping employees return to work after an injury When an employee is injured at work, they need support, treatment, and financial assistance [...]

Why Do WCB Premiums Increase? Employers across Canada are often faced with challenges when their WCB premiums increase. They don’t understand why – or [...]

Supporting Employees In The Return To Work With the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a clear indication that mental health impacts are a severe consequence [...]

OUR PRESIDENT OF DMI SPEAKS WITH HR REPORTER ON MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR INJURED WORKERS On July 20, 2020, HR Reporter released an article featuring an interview [...]

Why Prevention is Better than Paying Drug Costs and Disability Claims With drug and disability costs continually rising, keeping employee benefits affordable is one [...]

Disability Management Institute (DMI) The financial sustainability of your employee benefits plan should be a primary consideration for our organization, and that means confirming [...]

Employee Benefits: Disability Disability coverage is a vital component of a benefits plan: it’s what employees need when life circumstances make working difficult. For [...]

Hybrid ASO (Administrative Services Only) An employee benefit plan is a crucial part of the total compensation your employees receive, and a key tool [...]

Virtual Healthcare and COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic is now impacting Canadians in every province. As you navigate through this challenging time, your first priority [...]

What Do You Really Need From An Employee Benefits Provider? Traditionally, if you wanted to provide your employees with benefits, you chose from one [...]

What Families Need from an Employee Benefits Plan Employee benefit plans are often extended further than just your internal employees - they can be [...]

Benefits Basics for Employers: Understanding Life and Critical Illness Insurance Offering an employee benefit plan is a great first step, but knowing what to [...]

Benefits Basics for Employers: Understanding Disability Coverage The words “employee disability coverage” are likely to draw some attention. For an employee, those words can [...]

Benefits Basics for Employers: Understanding Plan Administration Sponsoring an employee benefits plan for your company is an important step towards attracting and retaining employees. [...]

6 Questions to Ask About Every Employee Benefits Plan Are you considering changing to a new provider for your small business health insurance? If [...]

Step-by-Step Guide to Employee Health Benefits Renewals Employee health benefits renewal time may not be something that business leaders look forward to: too often [...]

Benefits Basics for Employers: Understanding Wellness While you may already have a good grasp of standard employee health benefits, you may not be familiar [...]

How To Use a Benefit Plan as a Compensation Tool When people think of compensation, they usually think of payday. But an employee health [...]

How to Choose Your First Employee Benefits Plan You’ve given it some thought. You’ve done some research. You’ve made the decision - you’re going [...]

Employee health benefits for small businesses need to be as competitive as plans for large businesses – but they also need to address the unique needs of smaller (and [...]

Understanding employee health benefits plans doesn’t have to be difficult. While coverages can be configured and designed in a number of ways, at its core a benefits plan usually [...]

If you are suffering from a physical or mental condition that prevents you from working, you may need to apply for what’s known as “short term disability”. [...]