The Consultative Committee on Staff Benefits has approved a cost of living adjustment for people receiving long term disability (LTD) benefits.  This increase of 1.2 per cent will apply to all recipients of LTD who went on disability between July … Read more »

At a special meeting of the Consultative Committee on Staff Benefits (CCSB) on Monday October 22nd, the Guild reached an agreement with the CBC on increases to the employee portion of pension plan premiums. This past summer, the CBC unilaterally … Read more »

CBC employees who have enrolled in the voluntary life insurance plans can expect a break on their premiums later this year. The optional life, reducing term and dependent life insurance plans have surpluses and sufficient reserves to lower the rates … Read more »

Members who participate in the optional, employee-paid Accident Death and Dismemberment plan will not be seeing any increase in their premiums for the next two years.  The Consultative Committee on Staff Benefits (CCSB) approved a two-year renewal with Great West … Read more »

CBC employees who are in the Optional Life Insurance Plan and the Accidental Death and Dismemberment Plan are about to get a break on their premiums. Both plans are in a surplus position, and at the June meeting of the … Read more »

As of April 1, members in the CBC pension plan will be able to buy back any full-time service they worked as temporary or contract employees during the two-year waiting period for the pension plan. Union representatives at the Consultative … Read more »

The Consultative Committee on Staff Benefits has approved a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for a significant number of employees receiving Long Term Disability benefits who do not have automatic inflation protection. The 2% increase applies to members who went … Read more »

We had a relatively quiet September meeting of the Consultative Committee on Staff Benefits (CCSB) with no major changes to announce for our various benefit plans, but we did get a briefing on a new way for filing health claims … Read more »

The CBC is developing a national program to prepare for the potential of an H1N1 flu outbreak this fall and winter involving increased flu awareness. The seasonal flu vaccine available to employees that is half funded by the Consultative Committee … Read more »

CBC employees who pay into the Accidental Death and Dismemberment plan are about to get a break on the premiums. The voluntary plan is in good shape and has a surplus, so at the June meeting of the Consultative Committee … Read more »