A MESSAGE From Selectpath

In this issue there are three significant issues we'd like to bring to your attention. If you have any questions at all please contact your Benefits Specialist.

FEATURED ARTICLES:
Are You Fit to Travel?
John Harkins, ACS, FLMI
Partner, Employee Benefits & Pensions

You may say “yes” but your travel plan provider may say “no”.

The various carriers that offer group benefit programs usually offer a deluxe travel benefit for their plans. These plans are designed to assist the member in dealing with the high cost of a sudden and unexpected accident, illness or injury.

Click here for more on Travel Insurance.

2007 Government Benefits

Government premium rates and maximums for 2007:

• Employment Insurance (EI)
• Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) benefits
• Canada Pension Plan (CPP/Quebec Pension Plan (QPP)

Click here to read more.

The Right to Compassionate Care Leave

It's hard when employees become seriously ill and need leave to deal with health issues. But it may be even harder for employees when the seriously ill person is a spouse, child, parent or other close family member. Until fairly recently, employees didn't have the legal right to take leave in order to care or provide support for a seriously ill family member. They had to either quit their jobs or hire outsiders to care for their loved ones.

Because compassionate care leave is a fairly recent phenomenon, many employers are not familiar with its requirements or do not know how to handle requests for such leave. The chart below spells out employees' right to compassionate care leave under each province's (and territory's) employment standards laws.

Click here for more detail.

ABOUT US:

Selectpath is an independent firm of professional financial advisors and employee benefits specialists based in London, Ontario. Through our strategic alliances with industry leaders in insurance and investments, we are able to offer our clients a broad range of products and services, which meet the highest standards for performance, stability and value. We are also able to serve a broad base of individual and corporate clients throughout the province.

Click here to learn more about how Selectpath can put you on The RIGHT Path®.

Please remember that while strategies outlined within this newsletter may be appropriate for some investors, you should always consult a financial advisor to determine if they are appropriate for you.

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