Amending your pension plan

As the employer, you can decide what amendments to make to the pension plan, if that power is granted to you in the plan text. If not, you nonetheless have the right to accept or reject those amendments that affect your obligations under the plan.

Important points to remember

• Every plan amendment must be registered with Retraite Québec.

  • There are several basic rules for amendments.
• Generally, the written consent of the employer or employers party to the plan is required to amend the plan.
• The amendment requires an application for registration by the plan administrator, that is, the pension committee OR a key associate in the plan's administration. That person may be the employer, for example, if you act as a delegatee or as the plan administrator (which may be the case if the plan has less than 51 members and beneficiaries).

If you are the plan administrator

Consult the rules related to amending procedures.

To find out more...

• The rules that apply when an amendment reducing benefits is made to your plan
• The guidelines for converting a defined-contribution plan into a simplified pension plan
• The rules for terminating your pension plan
• How changes in your company can impact your current pension plan
• The rules that apply to members who work outside Québec