Joining the pension plan


    Key terms

    FTE:  Full-Time Equivalent. 100% FTE means you work full-time.

    YMPE: The year's maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE) is as defined in the Canada Pension Plan Act.

    Base earnings: Basic monthly or weekly salary excluding overtime, reimbursement for expenses, shift premiums, special allowances, stipends and other like payments.

    Spouse is defined as a person to whom the member is:

    1. Legally married, provided the member is not living separate and apart from that person; or
    2. Not legally married, but the member and that person are cohabiting continuously in a conjugal relationship for at least three years; or,
    3. Not legally married, but the member and that person are cohabiting in a conjugal relationship of some permanence, and are jointly the natural or adoptive parents of a child, both as defined in the Family Law Act, 1986 (Ontario).