Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.57
Liaison James Gordon
Submission Date Dec. 19, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.1

Thompson Rivers University
PAE-T2-6: Socially Responsible Retirement Plan

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Andrew Pillar
Research Analyst
IPA
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Does the institution offer a socially responsible investment option for retirement plans?:
Yes

A brief description of the socially responsible investment option for retirement plans:

TRU Participates in two British Columbia Pension Corporation plans. The College Pension Plan is mandatory for full time faculty and administration and part-time faculty and administration after a minimum earnings threshold is achieved.

Employee Contribution: 8.94% of salary up to the year’s maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE), a salary limit that varies yearly and is set by the Government of Canada. Beyond the YPME 9.69% of salary is contributed.

Employer Contribution: 9.04% of salary up to the YMPE, and 9.79% of salary beyond the YMPE.
These rates both include a 1.38% salary contribution to an inflation adjustment account.

The Municipal Pension Plan I mandatory for full time staff following their probationary period. Part-time staff are eligible for the Municipal Pension Plan after two years of continuous employment.

Employee Contribution: 6.99% of salary up to the YMPE, and 8.49% of salary beyond the YMPE.
Employer Contribution: 8.23% of salary.

http://www.tru.ca/hr/compensation_benefits.html
http://www.pensionsbc.ca/portal/page/portal/PEN_CORP_HOME/


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