OPPA Retirement Contacts

Lisa Hillstrom, Executive Officer of Pension and Benefits for the OPP Association joins the 10-5 Podcast to inform our listeners on OPPA contacts for retirement. Lisa is a wealth of knowledge. This episode was released in 2021, and is one of our most listened to episodes. Lisa tells us that many people have spoken with her about the value of the information provided, so we decided to re-release the episode.  

Lisa has provided us with some key contact information below for the show notes:  

The e-mail address for Ontario Shared Services (OSS) has changed from askoss@ontario.ca to the OPS Service Centre at opssc@ontario.ca , the phone numbers have remained the same: 1 (866) 979-9300, (416) 326-9300

Below is the information to share regarding insured benefit criteria:

Uniform and Civilian Members hired before January 1, 2018

Uniform

•        No Pension credit requirement

•        Retire with any type of pension

100% paid by the Government of Ontario

Civilian

•        10 years of pension credit at retirement

•        Retire with any type of pension

100% paid by the Government of Ontario

Uniform and Civilian Members hired on or after January 1, 2018

Unreduced Pension

•        20 years of pension credit at retirement

•        Retire with an immediate unreduced pension

Will be required to pay 50% of the premium for insured benefits upon retirement

Reduced /Deferred Pension

•        20 years of pension credit at retirement

•        Retire with a reduced pension or from a deferred status

Will be required to pay 100% of the premium for insured benefits upon retirement (paid by the retiree)

This episode of the 10-5 podcast is produced and hosted by Scott Mills and Joshua Jutras.

Music – “Line of Fire” by Jason Shaw available at Audionautix.com and used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

If you have any questions about this episode of the 10-5 Podcast, please email us at communications@oppa.ca

The OPP Association is the sole bargaining agent for the close to 10,000 members of the Ontario Provincial Police in Canada. Our members are our focus and our strength. We aim to provide important information to our members and the public about matters that affect policing in the province of Ontario.