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Pension Reform Clarifications

SPECIAL ADVICE TO CROWN CORPORATIONS NOT SERVICED BY THE REGIONAL PAY SYSTEM: 1995-012



October 26, 1995



SUBJECT:

Pension Reform Clarifications

  1

PURPOSE

  1.1 The purpose of this Special Advice is to provide an attachment which should have been included with the Special Advice dated October 19, 1995, but which was inadvertently omitted.
    Please include the attached with the October 19,1995 advice.
2

INQUIRIES

  2.1 Any request for information regarding the foregoing should be addressed to your PWGCS Client Services Centre as per Compensation Directive 1994-039 dated October 6, 1994.

Original Signed by
P. Charko



P. Charko
Director General
Compensation Sector
Government Operational Service Branch

Reference: CJA 9206-24


BENEFIT COMPARISON FOR GRANDFATHERED 30 HOURS EMPLOYEES:

EXAMPLE 1:

Service:

01.01.1981 TO 31.12.1999 30.0 19 years*

*approx. 13.5 years prior to July 4, 1994 and 5.5 years after

Average Salary Grandfathered P.T. Calculation
   
01.01.1994 to 03.07.1994 $16,400.00 (actual) $16,400.00 (actual)*
04.07.1995 to 31.12.1995 $50,400.00 (actual) $63,000.00 (FTE)
01.01.1996 to 31.12.1996 $34,400.00 (actual) $43,000.00 (FTE)
01.01.1997 to 31.12.1997 $35,200.00 (actual) $44,000.00 (FTE)
01.01.1998 to 31.12.1998 $36,000.00 (actual) $45,000.00 (FTE)
01.01.1999 to 31.12.1999 $36,800.00 (actual) $46,000.00 (FTE)
   
Average $34,867.00 $42,900.00

* This is the true 30-hour salary; periods prior to 4/7/94 should not be converted to an FTE salary. All 30-hour (plus) service up to CIF is treated as FT.


BENEFIT CALCULATION:


All 30-hour service as full-time (grandfathered):


19.0 yrs x 2 % x $34,867.00 = $13,249.46


All 30-hour service since 4/7/94 as part-time:

13.5 yrs* x 2 % x $42,900.00 = $11,583.00  
5.5 yrs* x 2 % x ($42,900 x 30/37.5) = $3,775.20  
  $15,358.20  

*approximate


EXAMPLE 2;

Service:    
     
01.01.1981 to 31.12.1985 22.5/37.5 5 years
01.01.1986 to 31.12.1992 18.75/37.5 7 years
01.01.1993 to 31.12.1996 30.0/37.5 4 years*
01.01.1997 to 31.12.1998 37.5/37.5 2 years
01.01.1999 to 31.12.1999 18.75/37.5 1 years

* approx. 1.5 years prior to July 4, 1994 and 2.5 years after

Average Salary Grandfathered P.T. Calculation
   
01.01.1994 to 03.07. 1994 $16,400.00 (actual) $16,400.00 (actual)*
04.07.1995 to 31.12. 1995 $50,400.00 (actual) $63,000.00 (FTE)
01.01.1996 to 31.12. 1996 $34,00.00 (actual) $43,000.00 (FTE)
01.01.1997 to 31.12. 1997 $44,000.00 (actual) $44,000.00 (FTE)
01.01.1998 to 31.12. 1998 $45,000.00 (actual) $45,000.00 (FTE)
01.01.1999 to 31.12. 1999 $46,000.00 (FTE) $46,000.00 (FTE)
   
Average $39,367.00 $42,900.00

* This is the true 30-hour salary; periods prior to 4/7/94 should not be converted to an FTE salary.


BENEFIT CALCULATION:


All 30-hour service as full-time (grandfathered):

5 yrs x 2 % x ($39,367.00 x 22.5/37.5) = $2,362.02 (true PT)
7 yrs x 2 % x ($39,367.00 x 18.75/37.5) = $2,755.69 (true PT)
1.5 yrs* x 2 % x $39,367.00 = $1,181.01 (30 hr pre CIF)
2.5 yrs* x 2 % x $39,367.00 = $1,968.35 (30 hr post CIF)
2.0 yrs x 2 % x $39,367.00 = $1,574.68 (37.5 hr/wk)
1.0 yrs x 2 % x ($39,367.00 x 18.75/37.5) = $ 393.67 (true PT)
   
Total benefit: $10,235.42    

All 30-hour service since 4/7/94 as part-time:

5 yrs x 2 % x ($42,900.00 x 22.5/37.5) = $2,574.00 (true PT)
7 yrs x 2 % x ($42,900.00 x 18.75/37.5) = $3,003.00 (true PT)
1.5 yrs* x 2 % x $42,900.00.00 = $1,287.00 (30 hr pre CIF)
2.5 yrs* x 2 % x $42,900.00 x 30/37.5) = $1,716.00 (30 hr post CIF)
2.0 yrs x 2 % x $42,900.00 = $1,716.00 (37.5 hr/wk)
1.0 yrs x 2 % x ($42,900.00 x 18.75/37.5) = $ 429.00 (true PT)
   
Total benefit: $10,725.00   * approximate