Providing Support to Employees and their Families

This contractor is providing free access to the Canada Life ‘WeCare’ app and website, plus AIG’s bereavement support helpline for all construction employees and their immediate family members.

The Canada Life WeCare app is a service with access to a 24/7 online GP, mental health counselling, a get fit programme, plus legal and financial support as well as diet and nutrition support, quit smoking services, second medical opinion consultants, life counselling, economic navigation and burnout prevention.

Employees and their families have also been given unlimited access to AIG’s Bereavement & Probate helplines. The bereavement helpline is a free to use 24/7 bereavement support service with dedicated and qualified counsellors, who will help manage mental and emotional issues following an unexpected or accidental death, and provide understanding and coping support and strategies after the loss of a loved one. They offer face-to-face or telephone sessions and access to support guides which contain information regarding help with grief and loss.

The probate helpline is a completely confidential helpline open Mon-Fri, 9-5, which offers support regarding legal, financial and tax issues following death and helps guide employees through the administrative issues resulting from death.