Our financial health is closely linked to our mental health and recent research shows that many Canadians feel insecure about their current financial situation. Gaps in financial wellness can relate to both day-to-day money management as well as understanding how saving more today can help ensure financial security during retirement. Many people do not have the knowledge, skills or confidence to handle their finances or manage unexpected changes to their financial situations. This can lead to stress and affect their overall mental and physical well-being.
Purolator Health aims to help our employees improve their financial well-being and reduce the negative impacts of financial stress.
Financial Education:
Purolator Health offers monthly workshops to develop financial literacy. Financial literacy is a successful approach to building resiliency and helps to alleviate stress.
Wellness Wednesdays are offered virtually and are accessible to all employees and family members to access live or view a recording at their preferred time. These workshops are facilitated by the Credit Counselling Society, non-profit organization offering education and confidential credit counselling.
In addition to monthly education, each November we recognize Financial Literacy Month – About Financial Literacy Month – Canada.ca. We partner with our Pension and Benefits team to share information, articles and tools related to Financial Literacy.
We are excited to offer a personal development opportunity through the Credit Counselling Society that provides our employees with a certificate in Financial Wellness by attending 6 specific workshops. This is titled the Certificate in Financial Wellness – Foundations in Personal Finance.
These workshops include:
Retirement and Savings: Purolator’s retirement programs provide an opportunity to supplement future retirement income and consists of a company funded pension plan; Defined Contribution (DC) or Defined Benefit (DB) depending on your employee class, plus a Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), a voluntary savings plan that enables contributions of pre-tax dollars through payroll deduction to an individual or spousal Group RRSP account.
To learn more about these programs access the links below.
Our employee discount program is available to all employees and family members. This program provides discounts on a variety of products and services such as Auto, Entertainment, Travel, Food & Drink, Home & Living and more. Employees can enroll and access the program at the link below.
Employees have access to wellness related discounts through our Group Benefits provider, Sun Life. Find savings on everything from medical products such as compression socks and CPAP machines, to fitness program discounts. There are even savings to support your pet’s health. Click the link below and access the Benefits page, then the ‘Lumino Resources and Offers’ tab.
Every day, Purolator’s people make a difference for their customers, their communities and themselves. To recognize the contributions and ongoing commitment of its people, Purolator is pleased to offer a scholarship program that will help make a difference in the lives of their children. Purolator’s scholarship program will provide the children of twelve of its people with a financial award to help them achieve their goals of higher education at the postsecondary level based on the twelve best qualified applicants. Employees can log in to PuroNet to review the specific details of this program.
These wellness moments and snapshots are self-care supports for your financial health.
How to use:
Our Employee and Family Assistance Program provides a variety of financial health resources and supports.
Topics include:
You can also access helpful tools such as:
Purolator has partnered with the Credit Counselling Society, a non-profit organization offering education and confidential credit counselling to deliver these sessions.
Since 1996, CCS has educated over 110,000 Canadians and helped clients repay over $1/2 Billion of debt. Credit Counsellors are all Accredited Financial Counsellors and Educators are Certified Educators in Personal Finance.
