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Ontario regulates approximately 8,350 employment pension plans, which comprise more than 40 per cent of all registered pension plans in Canada [1] It was originally enacted as the Pension Benefits Act, 1965 (S.O. 1965, c. 96), and it was the first statute in any Canadian jurisdiction to regulate pension plans.
It was intended to cover the 3.5 million workers in Ontario who would not receive a comparable workplace pension after their retirement. [1] [2] Plans to implement the ORPP were cancelled in 2016 following an agreement between the federal government and the provinces to expand the Canada Pension Plan. [3] [4]
The windup of the $5 billion Nortel pension plan began in October 2010. Between that time and July 2011, Nortel pensioners had been receiving their full pensions even though actuaries have determined that the pension trust is underfunded by $1.5 billion. The reduced payments are to retroactively reflect those overpayments.
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System [3] (OMERS) is a Canadian public pension fund, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.OMERS is a defined benefit, jointly sponsored, multi-employer public pension plan created in 1962 by Ontario provincial statute to administer retirement benefits and manage pension investment funds of local government employees in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Private pension plans are subjected to various regulations among the provinces and territories, and must be registered with the authorities. Defined benefit plans guarantee a specific retirement benefit to plan members, based on a formula that takes into account factors such as the member's years of service and earnings history.
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OPTrust, officially the OPSEU Pension Trust, [2] is a legal trust formed by the contractual agreement between the two plan sponsors, Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the Government of Ontario. [3] It manages one of Canada's largest pension funds and administers the OPSEU Pension Plan. [4]
Here's an example: Under LACERS, a civilian city employee would make roughly 63% of their salary in pension payments if they retired after 30 years on the job; under LAFPP, the same employee would ...