Canadian Benefits Certificate Program - Spring 2025

March 24 - April 2, 2025 9:30 AM to 4:00 PMOnline - Eastern Time

Area of Interest: Benefits Format: Web

Offered by CPBI Ontario in partnership with

the Human Resources Professionals Association

Starts: March 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM - Ends: April 2, 2025 4:00 PM

This course qualifies for 23 CPD Hour(s) and CE credits for Life Licensed individuals (Ontario only)

The Key to Attract and Retain Key Talent

Gain a clear understanding of Canadian Group Benefits. Benefits form an important part of an employee's compensation program and play a valuable role in attracting and retaining key talent.

Now you can get a comprehensive overview of benefit programs in Canada with this course.

What will I learn?

After completing the certificate program, participants will have the skills and information required to:

Understand the basics and develop better strategies
Manage your programs more effectively
Keep escalating costs under control

Price

CPBI Members: $1,970 + Taxes
Non-Members: $2,450 + Taxes

Join CPBI-ICRA to save $480 and much more! (regular CPBI membership costs $325 + taxes)

*** CPBI Members can email [email protected] for assistance with the registration at discounted price.

What is covered?

Module 1 – Key Elements of Canadian Benefit Programs

Overview of the public and private benefits in Canada
Overview of plan design types (traditional, flexible benefit plans)
Administration options

Module 2 – Employment Law & Contracts

Managing group insured benefit risks
Employment law considerations
Legal framework for employers

Module 3 – Fraud Prevention

How fraud happens
Who commits fraud?
Effective anti-fraud strategies

Module 4 – Pricing and renewal overview

Review of funding options
Pricing and renewal calculation breakdown
Risk mitigation approaches

Module 5 – Drug Plan Management

Review of spend
Drug plan trends and pipeline
Adherence and overall management tips

Module 6 – Disability & Wellness Management

Trends & Challenges
Workplace Culture
Return to Work
Benchmarking for success
Looking beyond disability program

Module 7 – Group Plan Communications Strategies

Employee communication options
Member support beyond enrollment
Making sure the participants understand the true value of the plan

Module 8 –Managing Change in your Organization

Tips on successful change management of a new benefits plan design
Case study review - focus on executing and communicating a benefits re-design
Discussing various approaches to getting buy-in from your team

What you will gain:

Attendees can offer immediate value-add and ROI to the organization after earning certification in the following ways:

A comprehensive understanding of the many components of Canadian Group Benefits
Insight into public and private benefits programs and individual benefit types to better formulate plans and strategies.
Eight levels of knowledge sharing to help manage programs better and minimize costs.

Who should attend?

HR Professionals tasked with hiring, retaining talent in the organization. C-Suite executives who wish to understand Group benefits programs.

What is the course format?

This certificate program combines live virtual instruction with hands-on experiential learning through case studies, scenarios, group work/break out discussions and simulations.

Live Virtual Sessions:

There will be online instructor-led modules, during which practical examples and experiences will be shared.

Materials:

Participants will be provided with session workbooks to follow along with the content covered in each module and to take notes, as well as additional pre-session and post-session assignments to prepare for the simulations.

Peer Learning and Group Work:

Participants will have the opportunity to learn from each other while answering questions and sharing experiences and observations during the modules, as well as through practical, hands-on exercises and simulations based on real-world labour relations events and processes.

Time Commitment:

This four-day certificate program will be delivered in eight modules. Participants will spend four (4.5) hours each day participating in the virtual sessions and accompanying exercises and simulation activities. Over the duration of the course, participants can expect to spend an additional five (5) hours completing offline independent work (outside of the daily sessions). The in-class virtual modules will be held as follows:

Schedule:

Introduction - March 24, 2025 (9:30am - 10:00am EST)
Module 1 – March 24, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST)
Module 2 – March 24, 2025 (2:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST)
Module 3 – March 26, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST)
Module 4 – March 26, 2025 (2:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST)
Module 5 – March 31, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST)
Module 6 - March 31, 2025 (2:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST)
Module 7 – April 2, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST)
Module 8 - April 2, 2025 (2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST)

Note:

To receive a certificate of completion at the end of the program, you must successfully complete online assessments after each scheduled module.
This program will not be recorded. This is an intact program in which attendees must attend all of the sessions in order to qualify for the certificate.
Please advise if you require certificate of completion for Life Licensed CE Credit (Ontario only)

For more information or registration please call the Toll-free number: 888 788-3185 Choose 1 for Region, then Ext. 3, or email [email protected]