Supreme Court ruling in RCMP pension case may force plan design changes

Julius Melnitzer | October 22, 2020

Last week’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pension plan discriminated against job-sharing women should be a wake-up call to pension administrators that changes in plan design to accommodate equality rights are long overdue.

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Julius Melnitzer is a Toronto-base legal affairs journalist, writing coach and media trainer for lawyers and legal departments. Readers can reach him at [email protected]

Source: This article was first published in Benefits Canada.