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18 Statistics About HSAs

18 Statistics About HSAs

HSAs are a viable health benefit alternative or a complementing component of the overall health and wellness focus for Alberta business owners and employees Don’t take our word for it. Below are 18 statistics in seven key feature categories to support HSA Easy Pay’s claim that HSAs are a viable health benefit alternative or crucial … Read more

How to Support Parents in the Workplace Through Wellness Spending Accounts

How to Support Parents in the Workplace Through Wellness Spending Accounts

Parents in the workplace have all heard the cliché about the difficulty of raising children: It gets easier. But that hope doesn’t solve parents’ current time and financing problems. From services like childcare, day camps, and tutoring, there are many costs a parent must endure and may not have the time or money for it … Read more

Workplace Burnout: Why Wellness Spending Accounts are the Solution

Workplace Burnout: Why Wellness Spending Accounts are the Solution

Workplace burnout has become a common problem as the hustle and bustle is back post-pandemic. For many, we’re back to long hours and higher stress of everyday life, leading to employee burnout. When burnout occurs, employees’ productivity and work quality can drop significantly. Several factors can cause burnout, but there are services that can help. … Read more

3 Critical Challenges in the Hybrid Workforce

3 Critical Challenges in the Hybrid Workforce

In a hybrid workforce, change management and your tech defines the employee experience.  All eyes are on employee experience as companies move to hybrid workforce environments  Last year, The Great Resignation (or Reshuffle) was a huge buzzword and became a top priority for organizations across North America. Two years into the pandemic, companies are announcing … Read more

14 Solutions for Your Benefits Needs

14 Solutions for Your Benefits Needs

Looking for a benefits solution that will work for your business? From instant reporting to paperless transactions, the HSA Easy Pay prepaid Mastercard solution is just what you’ve been waiting for. Our application takes the stress out of HSA’s and WSA’s so you can focus on what matters and put the time and cost savings … Read more

Do your employee health benefits include Orthodontics?

Do your employee health benefits include Orthodontics?

Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry that specializes in teeth and jaw alignment. Orthodontists will provide appliances and in some cases surgery to treat misalignment issues and help patients correct their bite which reduces pain and infection. Orthodontic treatment can be necessary in many cases and dramatically improve a patient’s quality of life.   One … Read more

Five actions HR can take now to prepare for an uncertain future

Five actions HR can take now to prepare for an uncertain future

uncertain future is a consistent quandary business leaders are trying to navigate in today’s post-pandemic world and how to prepare

How Employers Are Maximizing Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts 

How Employers Are Maximizing Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts 

In the last couple of years, maximizing health care spending and wellness accounts have been vital for employers’ health and wellness initiatives.   The public health crisis has taken a toll on physical and mental health. Employers are maximizing offerings by increasing the dollar amount allotted to health and wellness accounts. They are also broadening the … Read more

How an HSA can Cushion Post-Pandemic Financial Struggles

How an HSA can Cushion Post-Pandemic Financial Struggles

In the post-pandemic economic climate, Canadians are facing new financial challenges as they adapt to environmental changes. Healthcare can be a significant expense for many households. Employee benefits packages can mitigate this stress and help companies attain and retain talent long term. Taking care of employees means creating a benefits plan that is flexible to … Read more

Employee Benefit Challenges You Will Face In 2022 

Employee Benefit Challenges You Will Face In 2022 

What are the key employee benefit challenges business face? This is the critical question we asked dozens of businesses before developing HSA Easy Pay ltd.’s prepaid HSA Mastercard payment and fulfillment solutions.  Rising healthcare costs are making Health Spending Accounts (HSAs) compensation plans a highly attractive employment benefit for employees. Supplying a comprehensive plan can … Read more

4 Tips Towards a More Inclusive Remote Employee Onboarding 

4 Tips Towards a More Inclusive Remote Employee Onboarding 

Have you ever been a remote employee? The increase of remote employees across the globe has grown significantly since the start of the pandemic. This work trend is increasing by the day and could be a key to employee retention.  Starting a new job comes with a mix of emotions from optimism to apprehension and … Read more

6 Recruitment and retention trends in 2022

6 Recruitment and retention trends in 2022

Leverage HSAs and WSAs to attract and retain top talent amidst the great resignation.

Employee Wellness Is Everyone’s Responsibility

Employee Wellness Is Everyone’s Responsibility

Employee Wellness Is Everyone’s Responsibility. Provide your employees to tools for wellness in the workplace

Why an HSA Prepaid Mastercard Just Makes Sense

Why an HSA Prepaid Mastercard Just Makes Sense

A health spending account (HSA) combined with a wellness spending account (WSA) is without question the most flexible benefits solution for you and your employees. With HSA Easy Pay Ltd.’s HSA Prepaid Mastercard® solution, you get the greatest level of health and wellness flexibility paired with the most popular payment card in Canada.  

7 Healthy Holiday Food Swaps to Keep You Feeling Your Best this Season

7 Healthy Holiday Food Swaps to Keep You Feeling Your Best this Season

Recreating traditional recipes can be a way to bring back the feelings of joy from years past and celebrate special moments with your loved ones – with our healthy holiday food swaps you don’t have to miss out on the fun!

Leverage Health Spending Accounts to Attract and Retain Top Talent

Leverage Health Spending Accounts to Attract and Retain Top Talent

Leverage HSAs and WSAs to attract and retain top talent amidst the great resignation.

Use your HSA / WSA to Assist Your Goal of Living a Holistic Healthy Life

Use your HSA / WSA to Assist Your Goal of Living a Holistic Healthy Life

Every year, more and more employers are adopting Health Spending Accounts (HSAs) to their overall benefits package. The debate over which is better – HSAs vs traditional group benefits – is widespread. According to The Sanofi Healthcare Survey January 2020 HSAs are the single largest incentive for an employee to stay with an employer.  For that reason, an employer might look to add an HSA to their traditional group benefits package or replace the traditional plan altogether. 

HSAs vs Traditional Group Benefits

HSAs vs Traditional Group Benefits

Every year, more and more employers are adopting Health Spending Accounts (HSAs) to their overall benefits package. The debate over which is better – HSAs vs traditional group benefits – is widespread. According to The Sanofi Healthcare Survey January 2020 HSAs are the single largest incentive for an employee to stay with an employer.  For that reason, an employer might look to add an HSA to their traditional group benefits package or replace the traditional plan altogether. 

HSAs for Your Company Size

HSAs for Your Company Size

Big or small, if you run a business in Canada, you need to understand and weigh the benefits of providing a Health Spending Account (HSA) to your employees. HSAs for all businesses are a secret weapon in employee benefits and perks that every Canadian business should understand – particularly the tax implications an HSA affords … Read more

Do Your Employees Know the Total Compensation You Provide?

Do Your Employees Know the Total Compensation You Provide?

(originally published March 2, 2021. Updated for content) Did you know that over 80% of the workforce doesn’t feel engaged at work? Studies have proven again and again that positive, engaged employees will stay with a company much longer than those whom are less engaged. Actively Engaged Employees Regularly Do More Than They Are Asked … Read more

Not all Spending Accounts are Created Equal

Not all Spending Accounts are Created Equal

We have written several blogs in this section of the HSA Easy Pay Ltd. website sharing details of how Spending Accounts fit into – or replace – your overall group benefit offering. We have detailed what an Health Spending Account HSA is. Why your employees are clamouring for Wellness Spending Accounts (WSAs). Methods of ensuring a successful roll-out of your spending account.  But, not all spending accounts are the … Read more

Six Lesser-Known Flexible Wellness Spending Account Options for Your Employees

Six Lesser-Known Flexible Wellness Spending Account Options for Your Employees

As an employer, do you provide a truly flexible wellness and health benefit as a perk of employment? Perhaps you activated a fully flexible health spending (HSA) and a wellness spending (WSA) account? While HSAs have CRA-regulated list of health related spend buckets, a WSA is structured to promote a much more flexible wellness expense array of lifestyle options for your employees.  You don’t have to force your employees to solely use … Read more

Your WSA Plan Should Be As Easy as 1-2-3

Your WSA Plan Should Be As Easy as 1-2-3

Providing a wellness spending account (WSA) for your employees demonstrates that you care as much about them at home as when they are at work. It provides each of your employees the flexibility and freedom to choose you they stay well – mentally and physically. A solid WSA Plan allows you to participate in your employees’ wellness by allocating taxable benefit … Read more

Get Your Team Excited About Their Employee HSA

Get Your Team Excited About Their Employee HSA

Your employees are your most valuable asset in your business. Give them a perk that is as adaptable and one-of-a-kind as they are, with a health spending account (HSA). An Employee HSA is a tax-free alternative to – or compliment to – a typical benefit plan. Your employees can feel valued and acknowledged when HSA benefits are included in their overall pay, and … Read more

6 Ways to Ensure Success in Providing an Health Spending Account

6 Ways to Ensure Success in Providing an Health Spending Account

It’s a competitive environment out there as businesses like yours are trying to find and retain employees. Are you considering the possibility of providing an HSA as a way to retain your incredible employees? It is no secret that your employees are your most valuable asset. You want to attract and retain the very best. One of the … Read more

8 Myths About Health Spendings Accounts

8 Myths About Health Spendings Accounts

In recent years, the number of HSAs has increased dramatically. Despite this increase, certain persisting myths about HSAs have caused some consumers to delay creating an account and thereby missing out on the benefits that HSAs offer.   Choosing a health plan for yourself and your employee base for the year is not an activity that should be … Read more

Top 8 FAQs About Health Spending Accounts

Top 8 FAQs About Health Spending Accounts

A health spending account or HSA is a tax-free alternative or supplement to a traditional benefit plan. An HSA covers a wide range of medical expenses while also giving employers and employees financial flexibility, in accordance with Canada Revenue Agency regulations.   Here is a list of the top eight frequently asked questions about health spending accounts. It includes information … Read more

What Millennials Want From Their Employee Benefits

What Millennials Want From Their Employee Benefits

Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are those individuals who are born between 1981 and 1996. Millennials are now considered to be the largest generation in Canada making up 27% of the overall population and are sought out to make up 50% of the workforce. Because Millennials make up roughly half of the workforce, it is important for companies … Read more

Flexible Health Benefits for Your Employees

Flexible Health Benefits for Your Employees

There is an employer health benefits shift occurring in Canada moving from traditional group benefits to the much more flexible health benefits that Health Spending Accounts (HSA) and Wellness Spending Accounts (WSA) provide. Both HSAs and WSAs are becoming much more popular in the Canadian workplace with inclusion as a supplement to existing traditional group … Read more

Why You Should Offer WSA Fitness Allowances To Help Reduce Employee Burnout

Why You Should Offer WSA Fitness Allowances To Help Reduce Employee Burnout

With our hustle and bustle lives, we need to make time for fitness allowances to maintain health and wellness.Today’s always-on attitude means our calendars are constantly filled with competing priorities. Our technology is buzzing and beeping alerts and notifications 24 hours a day. We’re carting the kids to their extra-curricular events while prepping for the … Read more

Healthcare is stressful enough. Paying for it shouldn’t be.