PENSION PORTABILITY SUCCESS – AUGUST 2019

In 2013, an application was made to the Legal Fund by the Staff Relations Representatives seeking funding for counsel to investigate the possibility of a claim concerning the RCMP’s delay in implementing pension portability for members who transferred to the RCMP prior to 2012 from other police departments. Eventually, forty-eight claims were filed in court to pursue damages flowing from that delay. The Legal Fund is pleased to report that these claims have now been concluded voluntarily, and that the Legal Fund is satisfied with the outcome of those claims.