The applicant requested a hearing to direct the Superintendent of Financial Services to order his former employer to permit him to retroactively purchase pensionable service.
The applicant argued that the employer contravened section 25 of the Pension Benefits Act by failing to provide him with information about his eligibility to join the pension plan when his employment was transferred following an asset sale.
The Tribunal found that the applicant was already eligible to join the predecessor plan, knew of his continuing eligibility, and had previously waived membership.
Consequently, section 25 did not apply to him.
The Tribunal concluded there was no contravention of the Act and ordered the Superintendent to carry out the Notice of Intended Decision refusing the order.
