The alternating work-retirement program allows an air crew member to work at a slower pace as set forth by a company agreement. It consists of alternating scheduled periods of employment with scheduled unpaid periods off work over the course of a calendar year.
Pensions are paid through the alternating work-retirement program under a set of rules that have been adopted by CRPN’s Board of Directors to offer members this opportunity to work at a slower pace. It is based on a two-step pension claim process (for members who qualify to claim their entitlements):
- a partial claim for entitlements through the alternating work-retirement program
- then a claim for the portion of the entitlements not claimed through the alternating work-retirement program, when the member retires from all air crew employment.
Each claim comes under the rules which are currently applicable on the effective date for that claim.
You can be paid your pension:
- on the basis of full calendar months (the full-month basis),
- or on a partial-month basis (unpaid periods off work are stated as a monthly number of days off work ranging from 6 to 15. The number of days off work must be the same for each month in the program and set for the entire year)
Employers draw up a calendar-year schedule of all periods off work through the alternating work-retirement program and submit it to CRPN.
You can refer to informational guide “Retiring through the alternating work-retirement program (as from January 1st, 2019)”.