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All the information you've seen before in the Employer Manual can be found in the Employers section (click Employers along the top to view).

Employer Manual Description
Enrolment and membership This section provides details on enrolment and membership, including:
  • Enrolment
  • Updating member information
  • Updating employer information
  • Pension credit
Contributions This section describes how the contributions that all members must make to the PSPP are calculated and remitted to the PSPP, including:
  • Calculating basic contributions
  • Remitting contributions
  • Changes to employment
  • Contribution deductibility & employer requirements
  • Annual contribution limits for members and special members
Buybacks and transfers This section describes how members may purchase additional pension credit in the PSPP through buybacks and transfers, including:
  • Buybacks
  • Transfers
Leaves of absence This section describes the administrative procedures, including required forms, and the options for making contributions while a member is on a leave of absence (LOA) approved by the employer, including:
  • Types of leaves
  • Required forms
  • Contribution options
  • Short-term illness
  • Long term income protection
Termination This section provides details on the following:
  • Terminating PSPP membership
  • Termination options
  • Divestment
Retirement This section discusses member retirement, including:
  • Retirement administration
  • Pension application process
  • Types of retirement
  • Insured benefits after retirement
  • Re-employment of pensioners
Death This section provides details on what happens when a member or pensioner dies, including:
  • Designating beneficiaries
  • Pre-retirement death
  • Post-retirement death
  • Surviving spouse and beneficiaries

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