Awareness campaigns make the point again and again: Mental illness in the workplace must be taken seriously, and early access to medical treatment is essential. This session profiles an early intervention and treatment initiative launched in 2017. The employer, the benefits arm for 100,000 public sector employees, provided rapid access to top psychiatrists for employees off work with a mental illness. Psychiatrists worked with family physicians to deliver proactive treatment that led to recovery, return to work and an associated impact on absence and disability. This session will provide a glimpse of what the future holds for workplace mental health treatment as informed employers demand stronger medical solutions for their employees. You will hear from senior leadership of each of the project partners who will outline the impact the project had on employees as well as outcomes and trends to date.

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This webcast is for those who are registered for or interested in attending the German Apprenticeship Tour sponsored by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, June 3-7, 2019. The webcast will feature an overview of the German Apprentice system which has relied on industry-based relationships that include the secondary educational level to produce most of their journeyworkers. The presentation will include a review of the program tour schedule and logistics.

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This webcast will explore interviews with apprenticeship stakeholders conducted by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, along with its partners in the United Kingdom, Germany, Bulgaria and Poland, about their barriers to mentoring, training and engaging youth in apprenticeship programs. This will also look at how these European countries conducted pilot programs and were successful in encouraging small to medium-sized businesses to hire apprentices by providing a combination of in-person, hands-on and financial support.

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Resilience is the process of successfully bouncing back from stress—and it can be learned and developed in anyone! Join us for this webcast on National Employee Benefits Day to learn how to build resilience in your workforce and create a positive work culture that thrives on challenge and stress. And guess what? This is what business leaders have always wanted—heathy staff who grow, enhance productivity and make work exciting!

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Learn how one of the largest multi-institutional health care delivery systems in the nation developed a standard approach to total rewards onboarding for acquisitions. This webcast will cover the journey of transitioning seven organizations acquired since 2015 to a new total rewards package using best-practice models that can be translated to fit your organization. Attendees will learn the pitfalls to avoid, key steps to include and important considerations for custom tailoring a total rewards onboarding approach.

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One of the challenges of working in a global and mobile workforce is ensuring an employee's health and safety while away from their regularly assigned work location. If not set up and administered correctly, the company exposes itself to severe financial and reputational risk while exposing its traveling employees to financial and physical risk. This session will include information and guidance on various lines of travel benefit coverage, how to ensure you have the right coverage, how to avoid redundant coverage and cost issues, how to create a travel benefit reference matrix for your organization, and employee communication approaches. Case study examples will be used.

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Both Canada and the U.S. have voluntary standards for a psychologically healthy workplace. We will review the standards in both countries, which serve to provide a comprehensive framework for creating work environments in which both employees and organizations thrive. In this webcast, participants will explore the link between healthy workplace practices, employee well-being and organizational performance. Discussion will include the types of practices that foster a healthy workplace, key factors that can increase the likelihood of positive outcomes and strategies for addressing barriers to successful implementation.

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As a start-up global specialty chemical company with 3,500 employees in over 30 countries, Solenis designed, developed and implemented an innovative wellness program that in just one year changed its corporate culture in a very positive way. The program design promotes the engagement of employees from their date of hire and engages and rewards employees for engaging in formal wellness program education activities. The company committed to financially invest in the global expansion of the wellness program after just one year of a very successful program launch in the United States During this session the audience will learn about this global start-up company’s wellness journey.

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Webcast held in partnership with the New England Employee Benefits Council (NEEBC)
You’ve launched a great wellness program but you’re not getting the participation and engagement you projected. You may even hear grumblings from some employees. With so many employers vested in wellness, why do employees dislike wellness programs? Surprisingly, it’s not wellness they dislike. There are many wellness programs that attain high participation rates. What’s not to love about a fun cooking demo or the opportunity to work up a sweat at an on-site fitness class? During this webinar, we’ll take an in-depth look at developing a comprehensive program that your employees will love. We’ll discuss the approaches that should be taken and the ones that should not. You’ll leave with practical ideas you can implement at your organization and simple adjustments you can make to your program. Before you know it, your employees will be 'jumping' at the opportunity to improve their health.

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Investment fees matter for two reasons. One is well-known: Fees reduce clients’ returns. But this is not the only effect they have—Fees also influence your investment manager’s decisions. Lately, institutions ranging from the United Kingdom regulator to academic researchers to the world’s largest pension fund have started to pay more attention to the importance of fee structures (not just fee levels). That focus should be welcomed by investors. By developing a better understanding of different fee structures and the incentives they create, we believe clients can improve their chance of finding managers who can deliver long-term value for money.

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This webcast will compare how U.S. fiduciary requirements compare to international requirements for management of Defined Contribution retirement plans. To what extent should your employer approach the governance of DC plans outside the U.S. given the knowledge of U.S. 401(k) requirements? Hear recommendations and best practices other employers have implemented, as well as options to mitigate risks.

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In order to better support educators who are on disability claims, The BC Teachers' Federation implemented an online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) program to help teachers better manager stress, anxiety and sadness to improve their mental resilience. Those on disability are enrolled in a 28-day program where they immediately begin focusing on a return-to-work date.

Learn about case study findings that highlight the effectiveness of the new program in supporting mental health and reducing disability costs. The takeaways are relevant for Canadian and U.S. plan sponsors and trustees.

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