FOR ALL GFOA ATTENDEES: Please send us an email to info@navyandsagebeneits.ca with the Subject: WELLNESS CHALLENGE to receive your complimentary customized wellness challenge. As a Boutique Group Benefits Firm, we pride ourselves on having the flexibility and creativity to find unique opportunities for keeping employees healthy and happy while at the same time reducing short […]
Chronic disease is a major talking point when people reach out to us to discuss benefit options for their companies. Chronic diseases kill 36 million people every year and are the leading cause of death globally. So, it makes complete sense companies want to discuss it. We wanted to help shine a light on chronic […]
The theme of 2020 seems to be change and that’s fitting because the benefits world is changing too! While the majority of us around the world continue to stay home because of COVID-19, that means medical care and employment benefits have been changing to adapt to the new normal we’re currently in. In this blog […]
The Prime Minister Trudeau announced that the Canadian Government will be providing $27 Billion in direct support to Canadians and $55 Billion for liquidity needs and tax deferrals to help those struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Various forms of support provided under the Economic Response Plan include: FOR CANADIANS: Employment Insurance (EI) – Waive […]
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 1/3 of Canadians spent at least one hour each day worrying about their finances. [1] Now many Canadian families are concerned about the related economic crisis with nearly 30 per cent reporting extreme stress to the point of losing sleep. Most people say that their biggest worry is financial, with […]
Source: Express Scripts| Author: Unknown | January 2020 From the article: The phenomenon is called a “happiness hangover” by some in the mental health field, and it’s well founded in biology. Read full article at express-scripts.ca
Source: PeopleTalk| Author: Marni Johnson | September 23, 2019 From the article: Often, organizations approach mental health from a risk mitigation perspective: preventing issues and avoiding absenteeism and disability costs. However, given the growing evidence that well-being drives performance, proactively promoting and enhancing employee well-being has become a business imperative for high-performing companies. Read the […]
Source: PeopleTalk| Author: Dr. Andrew Miki| March 11, 2019 From the article: Mental fitness is a concept that has only emerged in the past few years. It was developed to help people understand that, just as we can improve our physical health by moving our bodies, we can improve our mental health by strengthening our […]
Source: Forbes| Author: Alice G. Walton| June 30, 2017 From the article: Health experts love to say that sitting is the new smoking. Given the number of diseases to which sitting is linked, and the number of people it apparently kills every year, sitting is one of the worst things we can do for health. […]
Source: The Globe and Mail| Author: Bill Howatt and Camille Quenneville| May 6, 2019 From the article: Commonly, people have reservations about raising the topic of mental wellness with others, often in fear of being wrong about their concerns and embarrassing the person they approach, so the subject is avoided altogether. Read the full article […]
