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Make the Most of Free Money

Money Talk

Employer Match- This is money contributed to employees’ retirement savings accounts to match what they save. Life Insurance - This is money transferred to a beneficiary via a deceased person’s life insurance policy. Like inheritances, life insurance is generally not subject to income tax.

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What do employers need to know about the pensions lifetime allowance abolition?

Employee Benefits

Credit: Natata/Shutterstock Need to know: The abolition of the pensions lifetime allowance in April will require an overhaul of employee communications, and a revaluation of pension scheme design and administration, including opportunities to simplify the scheme and reduce the cost of running it.

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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Other real expenses that are excluded from the “basket of goods” [in Canada, at last] are real estate and life insurance. In that state, most workers injured on or before July 1, 2017 will see time-loss and pension benefit payments increase by 5 percent based on the change in the state's average wage.