Canada
- December 17 2020
With current market conditions and a low interest rate environment creating sustainability-related concerns for sponsors of defined benefit (“DB”)…
Canada
- November 30 2020
On October 6, 2020, the Ontario government introduced in the legislature Bill 213, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020. Billed as part…
Canada
- October 19 2020
On October 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”) released its decision in Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General) (“Fraser”). Fraser is a…
Canada
- September 28 2020
On September 21, 2020, Ontario Regulation 520/20 (the “Amending Regulation”) which amends Regulation 909 under the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario)…
Canada
- June 1 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant business disruption across all sectors of our society. Pension plan administrators are…
Canada
- April 16 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought rapid regulatory and legislative responses to provide relief to Canadian businesses and workers in many areas. In…
USA
- March 27 2020
By way of Bill 186, Ontario amended the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), effective March 19, 2020, to establish new rules for emergency leaves…
Canada
- March 26 2020
Ontario’s provincial pension plan regulator, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (“FSRA”), recently published a communication…
Canada
- December 19 2019
Wide-ranging amendments to Ontario’s Pension Benefits Act (PBA) came into force on December 10, 2019 when the Better for People, Smarter for Business…
Canada
- November 21 2019
Ontario’s long-awaited changes to provide for statutory discharges on the purchase of buy-out annuities are finally in force. The buy-out annuity is…