Ontario Government Releases Additional ORPP Design Details

On January 26, 2016, the Ontario government released additional design details about the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) as well as a technical bulletin​, which provide additional information about the ORPP that will be relevant to employers with workers employed in Ontario, including:

• Comparability Test: Employers and employees who participate in a comparable workplace pension plan (Comparable Plan) will not be required to participate in the ORPP, which was previously discussed in our August 2015 Blakes Alert: Ontario Government Releases Further Details about the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan. The Ontario government has further indicated that the comparability test for determining whether a workplace pension plan is a Comparable Plan (Comparability Test) will apply at the level of a subset of employees. A subset must be clearly identifiable in the terms of the employer's registered pension plan or collective bargaining agreement in order to be