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GM, Unifor agreement includes transition to CAAT DBplus pension plan, benefits gains

Sadie Janes — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:00:19 +0000

The union representing more than 1,300 employees at General Motors’ assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont. has ratified a two-year collective agreement that includes pension and benefits gains. On Aug. 3, 2025, employees hired on or after Sept. 17, 2013, and currently participating in the defined contribution pension plan will be enrolled in the Colleges of […]

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada providing employees, dependants with $10K in gender affirmation coverage

lbailey — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:00:41 +0000

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. is providing employees and their dependants with $10,000 in lifetime gender affirmation coverage. The additional coverage complements existing benefits that support transitioning employees, including prescription drug coverage for hormone therapy, mental-health coverage, disability insurance and medical leaves for employees who are recovering from surgeries. The new coverage is also extended to […]

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Expert panel: What does Canadian pension legislation say about polyamory?

bwolfe — Wed, 10 May 2023 13:00:48 +0000

In December 2022, the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia released an unexpected decision: two men, who had been in a polyamorous relationship with a third man for more than a decade, were entitled to the latter’s survivor pension benefits. The pension plan had originally denied the partners’ application for survivor benefits and had sought […]

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OPTrust improving survivor benefits for plan members’ dependent children

Sadie Janes — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:00:08 +0000

The OPSEU Pension Trust is expanding the definition of an eligible dependent child so disabled dependent children may be entitled to survivor benefits. Previously, a plan member’s children were only eligible for survivor benefits if they were younger than age 18, older than age 18 and attending secondary school full time or attending a post-secondary […]

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CAAT expanding definition of who qualifies to receive benefits

lbailey — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:00:23 +0000

The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan is expanding the definition of who can qualify to receive benefits as disabled or as a dependant child under its plan. Effective Dec. 1, 2021, the CAAT’s DBprime plan design was amended to remove the requirement that a member must be receiving benefits from an employer’s long-term […]

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