The recent ratification of several collective agreements in the Province is expected to result in retroactive salary increases for many members in the plan. A retroactive salary adjustment may increase your pension if it increases your Best Five Year Average Pensionable Salary. Salary for pension purposes is defined in The Civil Service Superannuation Act and generally includes your regular remuneration (with any eligible vacation cash-out) and excludes anything else that does not form part of your regular remuneration. Regular remuneration is typically determined by the employer and may be defined in a collective agreement or employment contract. If a retroactive increase is considered by the employer as pensionable salary, the employer will deduct pension contributions and report that salary to the CSSB. Retroactive increases in pensionable earnings paid to employees in 2016 will be reported to us as part of the employer year end process in the first several months of 2017. If you leave employment in 2016, any retroactive salary amount that impacts your pensionable earnings would be used to determine your actual pension entitlement. We would do a recalculation to include retroactive salary paid to a former employee who has resigned, been dismissed, or died, if the former employee or ... Read More

For pension recipients who have registered for the CSSB’s Online Services, your 2015 T4A is now available to download or print.

Proposed changes to eliminate the Old Age Security Integration option and simplify pension application deadlines after 2015 did not pass before the Legislative Assembly recessed in early December. Members can contact the Liaison Committee if wanting to determine whether that committee has any updates on the status of these potential changes. The Liaison Committee website is accessible through the board’s website Links.

Welcome to the new and improved CSSB Website! The website has been redesigned to improve user-friendliness and appeal. Along with the changed design and layout, many new pages have been added to assist members in finding relevant information and answering some frequently asked questions. In addition, the redesigned website is mobile-device friendly.

The 2014 CSSB Annual Report is now available in the Publications section.

For pension recipients who have registered for the CSSB’s Online Services, your 2014 T4A is now available to download or print.

Eligible employees may now complete their retirement forms online when signed into their CSSB Online Services account. This feature gives employees the option of printing their completed forms for signature and submission to the CSSB office, or having us print the completed forms and mailing them to the member for signature and submission. Automatic edits in the online process help reduce potential problems and errors. Employees are welcome to contact the CSSB office for assistance completing their forms, or with any questions they may have.

The Actuarial Report on The Civil Service Superannuation Fund as at December 31, 2013 is now available for viewing in the Publications section.

For eligible pension recipients, the July 2014 pension payment will include a 0.83% Cost-of-Living increase. This increase is equal to 2/3 of the increase in the Canadian Consumer Price Index for 2013. A history of CSSB COLA percentages since 1977 can be found here.

The 2013 CSSB Annual Report is now available in the Publications section.