Contributions by Members
10. (1) Every member shall contribute to the Fund by payroll deduction in each pay period a percentage of the member’s contributory earnings while he or she is an employee or councillor of an employer who participates in the System but no contribution shall be payable by a member from the first day of the month following the month in which the member attains 69 years of age. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 890, s. 10 (1); O. Reg. 591/98, s. 4 (1). (2) Revoked: O. Reg. 783/92, s. 5 (1). (2.1) The contributions payable by a member under subsection (1) in respect of his or her contributory earnings for any pay period or portion thereof on or after January 1, 2006 are, (a) for a member whose normal retirement age is 65 years, 6.5 per cent of the contributory earnings which are equal to or less than the result obtained by dividing the Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings by the number of pay periods in the year, plus 9.6 per cent of the balance of the contributory earnings; and (b) for a member whose normal retirement age is 60 years, 7.9 per cent of the contributory earnings which are equal to or less than the result obtained by dividing the Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings by the number of pay periods in the year, plus 10.7 per cent of the balance of the contributory earnings. O. Reg. 604/05, s. 1. (2.2) In any pay period, the contributory earnings in respect of which contributions are payable by a member shall not exceed the rate of contributory earnings which, when substituted for pensionable earnings in subsection 13 (5), results in a pension amount equal to the limit established in subsection 13 (8). O. Reg. 775/91, s. 7 (1); O. Reg. 783/92, s. 5 (3). (2.3) Despite subsections (1) and (5), no contribution shall be payable by a member after the member has accrued thirty-five years of credited service. O. Reg. 775/91, s. 7 (1); O. Reg. 591/98, s. 4 (2). (2.4) Despite subsections (2.2) and (2.3), for the purposes of calculating pensionable earnings, the contributory earnings of a member shall be calculated as if subsections (2.2) and (2.3) had no effect and the member contributed to the Fund under subsection (1). O. Reg. 775/91, s. 7 (1). (3) At the option of the employer, the amount of contributions payable by a member under subsection (1) shall, instead of being computed in accordance with subsection (2.1), for ranges in contributory earnings not exceeding $10 monthly, be computed on the average of the highest and lowest amounts in the range. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 890, s. 10 (3); O. Reg. 775/91, s. 7 (2); O. Reg. 783/92, s. 5 (4). (4) Contributions made by members shall not be withdrawn from the Fund in whole or in part while the member remains an employee or councillor. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 890, s. 10 (4). (5) A member who does not make a contribution to the Fund under subsection (1) during an absence that is an absence described in clause (c) of the definition of “continuous service” in section 1 may establish the period of the absence as credited service by paying to the member’s employer for payment into the Fund on a date specified by the Board an amount equal to the amount of contribution calculated in accordance with subsection (2.1) as if the annual date of contributory earnings of the member on the day immediately preceding the absence had been received by the member during the absence. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 890, s. 10 (5); O. Reg. 775/91, s. 7 (3); O. Reg. 783/92, s. 5 (5). (6) Revoked: O. Reg. 775/91, s. 7 (4). (7) A member who became a member in accordance with clause 8 (1) (b) or clause 8 (2) (b) and did not become a member on the day the member commenced employment on a continuous full-time basis may establish as credited service such period of employment before the member became a member if, on or before a date designated by the Board, the member elects to pay in a manner prescribed by the Board, (a) the amount of the contribution that the member would have paid to the Fund under this section if such period of employment was with the member’s current employer; or (b) twice the amount of the contribution that the member would have paid to the Fund under this section if such period of employment was with a participating employer other than the member’s current employer. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 890, s. 10 (7). (8) A member who did not make a contribution to the Fund under subsection (1) during an absence that was an absence described in clause (b) or (d) of the definition of “continuous service” in section 1 may establish all or part of the period of the absence as credited service by paying into the Fund an amount equal to twice the amount of contribution calculated in accordance with subsection (2.1) as if the annual rate of contributory earnings of the member on the day immediately preceding the absence had been received by the member during the absence and, (a) if the absence terminates on or before the 31st day of December, 1977, the amount to be paid by the member shall be paid to the Fund on or before a date designated by the Board; and (b) if the absence terminates after the 31st day of December, 1977, the amount to be paid by the member shall be paid to the Fund on or before the end of the year next following the year in which the absence terminates. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 890, s. 10 (8); O. Reg. 775/91, s. 7 (5); O. Reg. 783/92, s. 5 (6). (9) For the purposes of subsection (8), if a member wishes to establish as credited service a period of absence which occurred after 1990 and has already established as credited service other such periods of absence totalling five years, plus, in respect of pregnancy or parental leave, up to one year of absence applied to any child up to a maximum of three years, no benefit shall be payable or funded in respect of any additional such periods of absence which the member wishes to establish as credited service until certification of the member’s past service pension adjustment under the Income Tax Act (Canada). O. Reg. 783/92, s. 5 (7). (10) Even though the certification of a member’s past service pension adjustment required by subsection (9) has not been obtained, a benefit may be paid or funded in the following circumstances in respect of the member’s period of absence: 1. The period of absence is established as credited service under subsection (5) or (8). 2. The period of absence resulted from a disability of the member. 3. The member’s disability is determined by his or her employer (instead of the president) in accordance with section 14. O. Reg. 591/98, s. 4 (3). (11) For the purposes of subsection (8), in order to establish as credited service a period of absence in respect of a “period of reduced pay” as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada), the member must have been employed by the member’s employer at least thirty-six months before the commencement of the “period of reduced pay”. O. Reg. 783/92, s. 5 (7). (12) Despite subsection (8), no member may establish as credited service a period of absence which occurred after 1990 if the member has accrued pension benefits in respect of that period under another pension plan registered under the Income Tax Act (Canada). O. Reg. 783/92, s. 5 (7).