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Ontario Pension Benefits Act

By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read May 21, 2019

Ontario amends pension legislation to address electronic beneficiary designations

While legislation existing prior to the introduction of section 30.1.1 (namely, the SLRA and Electronic Commerce Act (Ontario) (ECA)) may be reasonably interpreted to already permit electronic beneficiary designations in pension and certain other contexts, it did not contain an express provision addressing the point.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Payroll, Privacy / electronic beneficiary designations, electronic communication, employment law, Ontario Pension Benefits Act, pension plans

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read April 25, 2017

Have you amended your pension plan?

The Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) was recently amended. In this communiqué, we briefly review those amendments.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Payroll, Union Relations / All Families Are Equal Act (Parentage and Related Registrations Statute Law Amendment), Bill 28, Children’s Law Reform Act, employment law, Family Law Act, LGBTQ2+, Ontario Pension Benefits Act, PBA, pension, pension benefits act, pension plan, portability rules

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read December 8, 2011

Slaw: Pension plans and bankruptcy: The Supreme Court will decide

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the Indalex Limited case, which will determine if underfunded pension plans should be treated as a priority when it comes time to liquidate the assets of a bankrupt company.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Payroll / bankrupt company, bankruptcy, Companies’ Creditors Arrangements Act, employment law, Indalex Limited case, Lenders, Ontario Pension Benefits Act, pension plans, The Supreme Court of Canada, underfunded pension plans

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