Multi-employer pension plans (MEPPs) are pension plans in which two or more unrelated employers participate and contribute to the same pension plan. Often, MEPPs are sponsored by the union that represents the employees of unrelated employers in a specific industry. A MEPP can be a defined benefit plan, defined contribution plan or a target benefit plan. Some plans provide more than one benefit type.
Additional information and resources related to MEPPs are provided below for reference.
Guidance
- Supervisory Approach Guidance to Implementation of the Target Benefit MEPP Framework (PE0687APP)
- Defined Benefit Multi-Employer Pension Plans – Leading Practices (PE0224INF)
- Missing Members – Principles and Practices (PE0203INF)
- Benefit Accrual – Application to MEPPs (PE0141ORG)
Other information
- Important reminder: Specified Ontario Multi-Employer Pension Plans (SOMEPPs) and valuation dates after January 1, 2025 (August 2025)
- Defined Benefit Multi-Employer Pension Plans - Leading Practices Benchmarking Summary Report
- Funding rules for Specified Ontario Multi-Employer Pension Plans
- Standing Technical Advisory Committee for multi-employer defined benefit pension plans
- Target Benefits Conversion and Application Process (November 2024)
- Ontario Helping Workers Plan for Retirement (October 2024)
- Opting out of the new grow-in provisions by JSPPs and MEPPs (PE0084ORG)
- FAQs – Multi-Employer Pension Plans (PE0290ORG)