LIRA – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Mon, 06 May 2024 21:19:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Dealing with a workplace pension can be first big investing decision for young people https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/dealing-with-a-workplace-pension-can-be-first-big-investing-decision-for-young-people/ Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:00:28 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=118663 In the fall of 2021, 39-year-old Krista Lehman quit her job as a program assistant at a Vancouver post-secondary institution to take a mental-health break and pursue other career options. When it came to her defined benefit pension plan, her employer’s human resources department provided her with a package that offered her the choice of […]

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]]> My Take: Closing the retirement savings gap in the BIPOC community https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/retirement/my-take-closing-the-retirement-savings-gap-in-the-bipoc-community/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 14:00:48 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=114088 It’s no secret there’s a looming retirement savings gap among Indigenous and racialized Canadian seniors and their white counterparts. Indeed, a June 2021 study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found data from the 2016 census showed white seniors’ income from private pension sources — such as registered pension plans and registered retirement savings […]

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