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Does your defined benefit plan have a lump sum option?

Many employers operate in industries where it is necessary to control and be ever-vigilant with respect to rising expenses.

Non-unionized employees are entitled to "reasonable notice" of termination under the common law, or pay in lieu of such notice.

On Tuesday, the federal government tabled its 2015 pre-election budget, which included a few announcements that will be of interest to employers.

Recently, Canada's finance minister and all of the provincial finance ministers, except for Quebec and Manitoba, announced their agreement in principle to enhance the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear an appeal of the unanimous decision rendered last April by the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) in Re Indalex Limited (Indalex).

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released its decision in Matthew Arnone v. Best Theratronics Ltd. (Arnone.

A number of employers who contribute to multi-employer pension plans do not know that their financial liability is not limited to the contribution they undertook to pay in the collective agreement.

The amendment enacts a private member's bill to amend the Income Tax Act. It imposes unusual public disclosure requirements on labour organizations, including trade unions, and also on "labour trusts".

The BC Human Rights Tribunal has decided to hear a complaint from an on-call firefighter in Chilliwack about his forced retirement at age 60.

In response to recent pension legislation reform, the Manitoba Office of the Superintendent – Pension Commission has issued a policy providing guidance to Manitoba plan administrators wishing to convert a defined benefit (DB) plan to a defined contribution (DC) plan.

As discussed at our last A.M. Pension Webinar, in 2016, the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) was amended to give the Ontario pension regulator, the Superintendent of Financial Services, the authority to impose administrative monetary penalties in certain circumstances.

On March 19, 2019, the Federal Government tabled its latest budget, which introduces changes to the tax rules applicable to contributions to SMEPs in respect of employees over age 71 and re-employed retirees.

Would you bet millions of dollars on your ability to accurately predict how the IRS will interpret the tax code? That's what a plan sponsor that adopts a plan that isn't approved by the IRS does.

The Ontario government released an economic statement on November 7, 2013 that addresses a variety of issues, including a host of issues concerning pensions/retirement savings.

On November 8, 2016, Ontario Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, 2015 ("PRPP Act") and its regulations came into force. We previously commented on this anticipated legislation here.

The Government proposes to expand the target benefit framework to better enable non-union workplaces to participate.