| | Award Winning Absence Management Strategies Please join us for lunch on Tuesday June 2, 2015 at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel, 133 – 9 Ave. SW Calgary. | As the current downturn in the economy persists, cost reduction remains top of mind and innovative approaches are essential. The often overlooked area of disability and absence management can provide an excellent opportunity to realize quantifiable benefits. Strengthening support for employees, people leaders, and plan sponsors can deliver productivity gains, reduce costs, and improve overall engagement. This session will feature Jamie Farrell, Director of Benefits & Investment Programs, who will share the strategies that earned Rogers Communications (Rogers) the 2014 Benefits Canada Absence Management Award. Through early intervention and an integrative approach, employees get back to work sooner and delivered significant cost savings. Paula Allen, Vice-President of Research and Integrative Solutions with Morneau Shepell, will share best practices and insights from the design and application of Rogers Communications and other successful disability and WCB initiatives in absence management.
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Jamie Farrell, Director, Benefits & Investment Programs, Rogers Communications Jamie leads the team at Rogers responsible for group benefit, disability, and wealth accumulation program management offered to approximately 27,000 employees across Canada. The team’s scope includes program design, contract and policy development, budget oversight, consulting, change management, governance, compliance, member communication, and reporting. Jamie has been at Rogers since 2008 and prior to this, he held senior consulting roles at two of Canada’s leading benefits consulting firms. Jamie is an alumnus of Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia where he studied a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. |
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Paula Allen, Vice-President, Research and Integrative Solutions, Morneau ShepellPaula is a leading expert and frequent speaker in disability management service and strategy, employee family assistance, workplace mental health, drug plan management, and workplace training. She is a member of Morneau Shepell’s Innovation Group and is focused on data driven insights regarding disability intervention, attendance support, mental health, and issues that have the greatest impact on workplace health, cost and productivity. Paula completed undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Toronto in psychological research, neuropsychological testing, and clinical intervention. |
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