To: All OSSTF Members
From: Donna Morrison, Executive Director, OSSTF Benefits
May 31, 2019
The OSSTF Benefits plan includes Optional Life Benefits for eligible members, their spouses, and their children.
This spousal optional life benefit currently has a provision that states that optional life benefits for a participating spouse terminate at the end of the month following the spouse’s attainment of age 65, or the member’s retirement, whichever is earlier.
We are pleased to advise that this provision of the OSSTF Benefits program is changing to remove the age 65 limitation for optional life benefits for participating spouses. Commencing June 1 st , 2019, spousal optional life benefits may be continued up to the date of the member’s retirement, with no restrictions based on the age of the spouse.
Member and Spousal Optional Life benefits are subject to age banded rates which have different rates based on participants’ ages in 5 year increments. Therefore, the continuation of spousal optional life benefits beyond the spouse’s attainment of age 65 will be at a higher level of premium when compared to the cost up to age 65.
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Questions about this notice? Please contact Donna Morrison directly at donna.morrison@osstfbenefits.ca.
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