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The Finance Ministers of Canada and its provinces have announced an agreement in principle to enhance the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

Where a delay inadvertently occurs in the commencement of pension benefit payments to a member or his/her survivor, the obvious remedy is for a lump sum catch-up payment to be made out of the pension plan on account of the missed pension benefits.

The Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Registered Plans Directorate (RPD) recently made two announcements that plan sponsors and administrators should be aware of: (i) a project to assess the compliance of DB plans; and (ii) a clarification of the requirements for applications to register a pension plan.

Le 8 avril 2019, le projet de loi C-97, Loi portant exécution de certaines dispositions du budget déposé au Parlement le 19 mars 2019 et mettant en œuvre d'autres mesures, a été déposé à la Chambre

In 2007, the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) created a furor in the investment and employee benefits worlds when it issued an appeals opinion finding that a private equity fund that owned at least 80% of a portfolio company could be liable for the portfolio company’s plan termination underfunding under Title IV of the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

At the end of last year, the Federal Government introduced the Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act (the "PRPP Act"), for the establishment and administration of Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPPs) and proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act to accommodate the creation of PRPPs.

Our Employment and labour year in review assembles a number of important cases, recent developments in legislation and cases to watch for in 2014, all of which could potentially have an impact on the management of your human resources.

When it comes to investing for retirement, keep an eye on the fees you pay because, over time, they can have a significant impact on the value of your portfolio.

On March 26, 2015, the Federal government released the final version of the draft amendments to the general regulations under the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 we told you about last fall.

On November 14, 2022, Ontario introduced Progress on the Plan to Build Act (Budget Measures), 2022 (Bill 36) to implement certain budget measures introduced as part of Ontario's...

On April 28, 2022, the federal government introduced Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 (Bill C-19) for first reading, to implement certain aspects of the federal government's 2022 Budget.

If you are like most 401(k) or pension plan administrators, you have procedures for participants to request plan documents and forms.

The much awaited Supreme Court of Canada decision in Sun Indalex Finance, LLC et al. v. United Steelworkers et al. (Indalex) was released on February 1, 2013.

On April 4, 2022, in Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, Arbitrator Stephen Raymond upheld a retirement home's mandatory vaccination policy...

On May 2, Minister of Finance Charles Sousa tabled the Ontario Liberal government's 2013 Budget.

Pension plan administrators have a fiduciary duty to ensure that each member and beneficiary is paid the benefits to which they are entitled.

In our posts over the past two weeks, we discussed some of the myths surrounding target benefit plans (TBPs).