OASSIS Employee Benefit Plans
OASSIS Employee Benefits rates will decrease in April 2008!*
The OASSIS employee benefits program was established in 1990 to provide community support agencies access to affordable group benefits for their employees.
“I wasn’t sure how we could retain the quality staff at Volunteer Alberta without offering employee benefits in Alberta’s hot economy. Would we be able to find any for such a small number of staff and could we afford them? OASSIS was tailor-made for our sector. After a brief analysis of other benefit programs, we found OASSIS to be very reasonable and offer great coverage. We want to share this opportunity with our membership.”
Karen Lynch, Executive Director, Volunteer Alberta
OASSIS is also a nonprofit organization. OASSIS understands the voluntary sector and offers plans that include:
- Medical
- Dental
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Basic Group Life Insurance
- AD&D
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Optional Group Life Insurance
- Group Home and Auto
- Directors and Officers Liability/Professional and General Liability/Contents Insurance
OASSIS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PLAN CHANGES CARRIERS IN 2009
Effective April 1, 2009, OASSIS Employment Benefits will move its Health and Dental benefits from Sun Life to Green Shield Canada. Volunteer Alberta, OASSIS’s partner in providing cost effective employee benefits welcomes the change in provider.
A breakdown of the renewal rate adjustments effective April 1, 2009 follows:
| Benefit | Renewal Adjustment |
| Basic Life Insurance | 19.8% decrease |
| Accidental Death & Dismemberment | no change |
| Long Term Disability (taxable) | 19.8% decrease |
| Short Term Disability | 19.5% decrease |
| Extended Health Care (EHC) | 5.7% decrease |
| Dental | 4.1% decrease |
| Employee Assistance Plan | no change |
| Overall Cost Impact | 8.7% decrease |
VA MEMBERS CAN ACCESS OASSIS
Members of Volunteer Alberta at the Volunteer Centre and Associate levels are eligible to join the plan. More information is available in the OASSIS brochure and the OASSIS website.
Want to learn more? Call Kelli at 403-227-7830 or email oassis@volunteeralberta.ab.ca
Contact OASSIS directly to obtain a quote.
For an online quote, visit www.oassisplan.com.
Volunteer Alberta promotional flyer: Volunteer Alberta OASSIS Benefits Flyer



