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In its 2024 Fall Economic Statement released on December 16, 2024, the Government of Canada announced it is moving forward to implement measures aimed at increasing...

On February 4, 2022, the Canadian federal government released draft legislation to implement a variety of proposed tax measures, which are discussed in a number of separate articles by Bennett Jones.

In a July 2022 decision, arbitrator Marie-Eve Crevier of the Quebec Arbitration Tribunal (the "Tribunal") ruled that the mere proof of an email to which a policy...

Choosing a default investment option for employees is not easy. Employers who make an inappropriate choice could liable for damages.

On April 14, 2020, the government of Manitoba announced an unpaid job-protected leave for employees who require time away from work for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the most recent development in federal pension reform, the federal Department of Finance released its proposed amendments to the Regulations to the Pension Benefits Standards Act 1985 (the "Regulations") for comment.

To date, FSCO has not provided any guidance on what sort of factors would be considered to be "environmental, social, and governance," nor are those terms defined in the PBA or the Regulations.

The competition for top talent is fierce. Give yourself a hiring advantage by offering a pension plan that pays employees more money in retirement.

Another recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, in Ault v. Canada, has continued the trend in jurisprudence to hold plan administrators and others who are responsible for communicating with pension plan members to a very high fiduciary standard, including a legal duty to disclose accurate information about the implications of any elections made by members.

Following up on other recent Orders that were applicable to hospitals, long-term care facilities and retirement homes, the Government has now issued an Order applicable to employers in the developmental services industry.

Pension plans in Canada are subject to provincial minimum standards legislation, with the exception of pension plans for the employees of undertakings that are under federal jurisdiction, such as banks and airlines, which are subject to federal minimum standards legislation.

The Ontario Minister of Finance announced in the 2010 Budget that the government was considering providing additional temporary solvency funding relief for public sector and broader public sector pension plans.

Ontario recently amended the Pension Benefits Act (PBA) as part of a program to reduce regulatory burdens and governmental red tape.

CAPSA has just published the final version of Guideline No. 6 Pension Plan Prudent Investment Practices Guideline, the Self-Assessment Questionnaire on Prudent Investment Practices and Guideline No. 7 Pension Plan Funding Policy

Pooled Registered Pension Plans ("PRPPs") are closer to becoming a reality for Nova Scotian employers.

As discussed at our last A.M. Pension Webinar on December 11, 2018, there have been a number of significant legislative and case-law developments in the area of pensions and benefits law in 2018.

On January 15, 2009, the National Assembly enacted the Act to amend the Supplemental Pension Plans Act and other legislative provisions in order to reduce the effects of the financial crisis on plans covered by the Act (2009, c. 1) (the Act).