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OSSTF District 11- Thames Valley
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation

680 Industrial Road, London, Ontario, N5V 1V1
Phone: (519) 659-6588; Fax: (519) 659-2421; Email: osstf11@execulink.com

District 11 Office

District 11 Office

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Up Retiree Checklist Sample Letter 1 Sample Letter 2

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Retiree Checklist
 
□ Contact the appropriate Pension plan and request an application kit, several months before your anticipated retirement date. Have your SIN number available when you call. Follow the instructions for completing the kit.
bulletOntario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) 1-800-668-0105, FAX (416) 730-5349 
bullet Register now for new interactive pension statement
bullet Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (OMERS)1-800-387-0813, FAX (416) 360-0217

 
□ Notify the TVDSB with a letter (see Sample Letter #1 and Sample Letter #2) to the Executive Superintendent of Human Resources stating your intent to retire to pension with effective date; copy letter to the District 11 OSSTF Office. (Fax: 659-2421)
bulletInclude your home address and email address.
bulletHuman Resources will acknowledge your letter and send information dealing with benefits, gratuities and Severance Plan.
bulletLeaves to retirement can be assessed by requesting a leave from the beginning of a semester until the actual retirement date. This leave request should be used for members retiring at a date other than dates accepted by the Board in Article 7 of the Collective Agreement. The member will need to arrange with the Pension Board to purchase credit for the time on leave.

 
□ Click here for information about whether you qualify to have payment of Long Term Disability premiums waived prior to retirement.

 
□ When you are eligible for a Canada Pension Plan pension (age 60 or greater), you may take early CPP.
bulletPhone the CPP office for information and the application kit. 1-800-277-9914

 
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If you are eligible for a Retirement Gratuity under one of the predecessor boards, it is important that you have a plan for dealing with this money because there could be tax implications if this money is not handled properly.

OSSTF's wholly-owned subsidiary, OTG Financial Inc. can help walk you through your options. This is a free, no obligation service - you do
not already have to be a client of OTG. They are there to help!

Members who are due to receive gratuities at the end of this school year/semester should contact an OTG representative before the cheque
arrives. OTG can be reached at 1-800-263-9541.

 
□ If you are a member of the College of Teachers, and you do not plan to apply to be on the Occasional Teaching list, or teach in an Ontario publicly funded school or to renew your College of Teachers’ fees, obtain a "Notice of Retirement" form from the Ontario College of Teachers (1-888-534-2222; Fax: 1-416-961-8822) that you have retired as of effective date. Your status on the website will be listed as "retired" rather than "suspended for non-payment of fees".
bulletCollege of Teachers fees are paid per calendar year.

 
□ If you are an Elgin Long-Term Service Incentive Plan (LTSIP) member, please contact the District Office for more information.

 
bulletFYI: Teachers who retire effective June 30th will receive the balance of their salary (July & August) within three weeks of the last day worked (Article 8.7.5b). Pension payments can begin in July.

 

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