When You Contribute

In general, you contribute to HOOPP on the annualized earnings you receive from your HOOPP employer.

Leaves

Different rules apply to contributions for leaves, depending on the type and duration of your leave.

Please visit our Leaves section for details.

Temporary periods of reduced earnings

You can, with your employer's permission, choose to "top up" your contributions for a temporary period of reduced earnings to what they would have been had your earnings not been reduced. (An example of this is a short-term job-sharing program.)

You can also choose to pay the "top up"contributions during the period or as a lump sum, as long as HOOPP receives the top-up no later than six months from the end of the temporary period of reduced earnings.

To qualify, you must have worked for your HOOPP employer for at least 36 months before the start of the period. See your employer for details.

Other situations

• You must contribute to HOOPP on any portion of a retroactive salary increase or wage settlement you receive that is "pensionable." (Pension contributions may not be required on the entire retroactive payment. For example, if any portion of the payment represents retroactive overtime pay, HOOPP contributions would not be permitted on that portion.)
  
  
• Contributions are required on certain special payments you receive upon termination of employment. Your employer will provide details, if this applies to you.