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Rowan works for a construction company that employs 40 employees. The company is newly established, and the owners have yet to implement a group insurance policy. Rowan falls off the side of a building and breaks his collar bone. The doctor informs him that he will be unable to work for five months.
Who will pay him disability benefits while he is recuperating?
Brian is a machinist. For the past seven years, he’s worked for a company that offers a group benefits plan. Under that plan, the premiums for long-term disability coverage are entirely paid by the employees. Last year, an injury forced Brian to stop working for eight months. After a four-month waiting period, during which he collected Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, Brian received long-term disability (LTD) benefits from the group plan’s insurer. Brian is now preparing his income tax return and wonders about the tax implications of the different benefits he received while on disability. What statement accurately describes the tax treatment of Brian’s EI and LTD benefits?
Jordan, a group insurance agent, meets with Nancy, a commercial berry grower in Saskatoon, to renew her company's group insurance plan. When the plan was established four years ago, Nancy had 20 employees. She now has over 50 employees, many of whom are unhappy with the plan. Jordan wants to rectify this situation to everyone’s satisfaction but is not sure how to begin.
Which of the following options indicates the first step that Jordan should take?