Pensions | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca Employment & Labour Lawyers Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:17:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-MacLeod-Law-Firm-icon-60x60.jpg Pensions | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca 32 32 Doug’s Top 10 Employment Law Stories of 2018 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/dougs-top-10-employment-law-stories-of-2018/ Thu, 27 Dec 2018 14:49:23 +0000 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/?p=216549 In 2018 there were many new developments in the employment law world. Here are my top 10 stories of the year: 1. Bill 148 Bit the Dust Ontario’s Employment Standards Act received its last major update in 2000. During the last three years, the Liberal provincial government consulted widely and introduced comprehensive changes to this law by way of Bill 148. After this year’s spring election…

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]]> Valuing Employee Pensions in Wrongful Dismissal Cases: A Boring but Important Issue https://macleodlawfirm.ca/valuing-employee-pensions-in-wrongful-dismissal-cases-a-boring-but-important-issue/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 14:25:59 +0000 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/?p=216501 A long service, older worker is terminated. Under the terms of the individual’s pension plan, the employer is not permitted to continue his participation in the pension plan. So the question arises: when calculating wrongful dismissal damages, how do you calculate damages for pension benefits? A recent case considered this question. The Facts Imperial Oil Ltd. terminated Donald Dussault’s…

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]]> Top 10 Employment Law Stories of 2015 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/top-10-employment-law-stories-of-2015/ Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:37:38 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=2693 Seasons change; employment laws change and the last four seasons saw many changes to Ontario’s employment law landscape. In fact, 2015 may later be known as the year the Kathleen Wynne government started implementing its rather ambitious employment law agenda…changes were made to a number of laws including the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the Employment Standards Act…

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]]> Ontario Liberal Government Introduces Legislation to Create a Provincial Pension Plan https://macleodlawfirm.ca/ontario-liberal-government-introduces-legislation-to-create-a-provincial-pension-plan/ Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:07:00 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=2393 On December 8, 2014, the Ontario government introduced Bill 56 which if passed into law will be called the Ontario Pension Plan Act, 2014. Under Bill 56, employees who are not part of a pension plan and their employers would each be required to contribute 1.9% of the employee’s earnings up to $ 90 000 each year to a provincial pension plan. This is in addition to the employee’s and employer’s…

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