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How to find out about your pension plan
Pension and benefit plans for SGEU members vary depending on your bargaining unit.

If you are in the public service, employed in a government department or agency, and would like more information about your pension and benefit plans contact the following:

Public Employees Pension Plan (New Plan)
Phone 787-5442 (Regina)
1-877-275-7377 (toll-free)

Public Service Superannuation Plan (Old Plan)
Phone 787-3988 (Regina)
For Benefit Program inquiries:
Phone 787-3440
Or visit the Government of Saskatchewan PEBA website.

If you are employed in a workplace outside the public service, such as a crown corporation, health district or community service agency, contact your employer or steward for information about pension and benefit plans.

Applying early for CPP: 60 versus 65
April 30, 2009

Applying early for CPP can mean more money in the bank - the decision is a choice between receiving your normal benefit starting at age 65 or starting earlier and receiving a smaller monthly amount. Guest Commentary by Richard Shillington (originally published by StraightGoods.ca). Follow the link below for more information.
www.nupge.ca/node/1991...

NUPGE Pension Manual
January 21, 2009

NUPGE's pension manual, Future Considerations, is designed for union leadership, activists, staff and union pension trustees. This edition is a comprehensive tool that addresses pensions issues from the experience of the labour movement....

The End of Retirement?
January 16, 2009

By Shamus Cooke

Unless things change fast, human history will show that the phenomenon of “retirement” was limited to one generation. After World War II, when European and Japanese economies stood in tatters, American capitalism could fulfill “the American dream,” since there was little foreign competition to speak of. For the first time ever, workers were promised that — after working...

Pension Problems - Interview with Ken Horsman, PEPP
November 04, 2008

Kenneth R. Horsman became Chair of the Public Employees Pension Board on March 23, 2005. Mr. Horsman was a long serving member of the Saskatchewan civil service.

News News News conducted this interview on Tuesday November 4, 2008.

NNN: What impact has the financial crisis had on the investments that PEPP makes on behalf of government employees? Were some investments affected...

Pensions for part-timers
November 04, 2008

SGEU has been working on behalf of members who worked part-time, casual or in temporary positions in government during the 1980s and 1990s and who were not given the opportunity to join the Public Employees Pension Plan.