PAT leave & Pension

[reccecrewman]

I ran a search on this and came up empty...........

I am currently on PATA leave. When I go back to work, the lady at the PATA office told me that I would have to buy back my pension time when I return to work.......  I have a question on this. When I do return to work, are they going to nail me for my pension at a brutal rate, or is there some way you can work it so it doesn't impose a burden until you are topped up again?

Thanks in advance

 

[orange.paint]

I was reciently on PATA myself.For 3 months I had to pay back 236 IIRC dollars.Not a huge chunk of change to come up with.You can pay it back monthly on each pay.I for one just outright payed it.

 

[Patrolman]

To bad you were not properly informed of this requirement before going on leave. I was told right away,therfore allowing me to save some each month when I was on leave. You want to know where you really get hurt? TAXES. I only got back 715 dollars this year. If I had not been on Parental leave I would have gotten 3000. Parental was well worth it though. It is too bad we have to deal with the tax man!

 

[reccecrewman]

Well, I did voluntarily have my taxes left as they normally would be, just so I don't get boned come tax time next year.  On my pay stubs now, there's a new "Extra Federal Taxes" amount that was never there before with $375.00 being that extra amount, which added with my DND pay Federal Tax & EI Tax, I'm actually paying a few dollars more than I was before PAT leave.

I got tipped off on that one before I took the PAT leave, and I agree with you that the PAT leave is worth it, I went on tour when my son was only a few months old and when I came home, the changes were huge.  At least this time around with my daughter, I'm getting to see all the firsts I missed with my son.

Regards