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Your Pension Plan
Note: If there is a discrepancy between any printed version and the electronic version of this document, the electronic version will prevail.
Table of Contents
The Public Service Superannuation Act
How the Public Service Pension Plan Relates to the Canada and Quebec
Pension Plans
Types of Retirement Benefits and Circumstances
Table I - Your Pension Entitlement
Choosing Your Benefit
Pension Increases (Indexing)
Coordination of Benefits with the CPP and QPP
Table II - Reduction Factor Applied to Your
Pension when You Reach Age 65
Benefits in the Event of a Separation or a Divorce - The
Pension Benefits Division Act (PBDA)
Survivor Benefit
Divorce and Separation
Relationship of a Conjugal Nature
Waiver of a Survivor Benefit
Minimum Benefit
Allowances to Children
Submitting Personal Documents
Table III - Survivor Benefit
C. Supplementary Death Benefit
Part II - Contributions and Service
A. Contributions for Current Service
PSSA Contribution Rates
Table IV - Contribution Rates for PSSA and CPP/QPP, 2000-2003
Contributions on Leave Without Pay
Current vs. Elective Service
Types of Elective Service
Calculation of Elective Service
Table V—Contribution Rates for PSSA, 1966–1999 for Prior Public Service
Table VI—Contribution Rates for PSSA, 2000–2008 for Prior Public Service
Table VII—Contribution Rates for PSSA, 1966–1999 for Prior Pensionable
Service Outside the Public Service
Table VIII—Contribution Rates for PSSA, 2000–2008 for Prior Pensionable
Service Outside the Public Service
Medical Examinations
Cost Estimates
How to Make an Election
How to Pay for an Election
Some General Points About Elections
Pension Transfer Agreements
Part III - Funding of the Public Service Pension Plan
Funding Before April 1, 2000
Funding After April 1, 2000
Cost-Sharing
Deficit and Surplus Management
Annex A - List of Important Addresses and Phone Numbers
Annex B - Pension Transfer Agreements
