Inkblot by GreenShield, ASEBP’s Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) provider, rebranded to GreenShield Health. The branding update impacts the look and feel of your EFAP but does not impact existing programs and services.  

Whether you are thinking of retiring in the next few months or next few years, ASEBP’s Spring Retirement Seminars are here to help. 

Register for one or both seminars and join ASEBP and guest presenters to learn about retirement benefit options, pensions, and tips to set yourself up for financial success in retirement. 

We look forward to seeing you online! 

Did you know ASEBP reviewed 41 potential provider benefit fraud cases in the last 3 years?  

ASEBP is proud to announce its prestigious recognition as one of Alberta's Top Employers for 2025. This special designation recognizes Alberta employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. Being a Top Employer reinforces ASEBP’s commitment to its employees to continue to create a space for healthy career growth while offering personal growth opportunities.  

ASEBP is thrilled to offer sick leave support that focuses on connecting you with health care and treatment services, as well as providing return-to-work planning and coordination with your employer.  

The aim is to help you access medical specialists and therapeutic providers, then work with your employer and health care providers to help you ease back into a work routine based on medical accommodations. 

As part of this new offering, ASEBP can: 

If you have ever had to go on sick leave due to illness or injury, you know this experience can be overwhelming and happen when you least expect it. 

Therefore, starting January 1, 2025, ASEBP will offer to connect you with medical specialists, therapeutic practitioners, and other community support services during your sick leave, to support your recovery and return to work. As part of this new offering, ASEBP will also work with your employer and health care providers to help you ease back into a work routine based on medical accommodations. 

In 2024, ASEBP members wanted to know more about specialty weight loss drugs, what to do for restless legs, and who should get the shingles vaccine. 

These were some of the top health-related questions that you and other members searched and viewed on ASEBP’s It Takes a Village website.  

Join ASEBP from November 25-29, 2024, in celebrating the inspiring education workers in Alberta’s education system. Education Worker Recognition Week, now in its fourth year, is an opportunity to join the community in voicing gratitude for education workers – from teachers, guidance counsellors, custodians, and bus drivers to all those working behind the scenes–in our public, separate, or Francophone school districts. 

UPDATED JANUARY 27

Please contact your employer if your mailing address is incorrect in My ASEBP and you want to request a printed T4A for 2024. If you receive taxable Extended Disability Benefits (Plan D), you can also get in touch with your ASEBP case manager to update your mailing address. 

REMINDER: request a paper copy of your T4A tax notice by February 9, 2025.

Update December 16

The Canada Industrial Relations Board has ordered Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) to return to work and postal operations to begin to resume at 8 am local time on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.