CapitalCare Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 26: Pension Plan

1. The Employer and participating Employee shall contribute to the Local Authorities Pension Plan or an alternate plan agreed to by the Union, as applicable, to provide benefits for participating Employees provided they are scheduled to work at least fourteen (14) hours per week averaged over one (1) complete cycle of the shift schedule, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plan.  A copy of information, made available by Alberta Pensions Administration, outlining the plan shall be provided by the Employer to each eligible Employee.
2. The Employer agrees that if an Employee, in a position for which contributions to the Local Authorities Pension Plan (LAPP) are mandatory (or an Employee in a position for which contributions are optional and who has submitted a written request for optional enrollment), is held out of the LAPP until the completion of a waiting period, in accordance with the LAPP regulations in effect as of the date of ratification of this Collective Agreement, the Employee may request to purchase the waiting period as pensionable service.
   
   Where this request is made within five (5) years of the Employee's date of active enrollment in the LAPP (having remained with the same Employer), the Employer shall facilitate such arrangements as may be necessary and shall pay the Employer's portion of the contributions for the portion of the waiting period from the date of the optional enrollment request or the start of employment in a mandatory enrollment position, up to a maximum of one (1) year of service.
   
   This provision shall change in accordance with changes to the LAPP regulations.This provision shall change in accordance with changes to the LAPP regulations.