Making changes to your plan information

You can make changes to your plan information by signing in to My Account or contacting WorkSafeBC People Services or WorkSafeBC Pension Plan.

Personal information

• To update your personal information, such as your address, sign in to My Account. You can also contact People Services if you are an active member and the WorkSafeBC Pension Plan if you are a retired member

Beneficiaries

Contact the WorkSafeBC Pension Plan:

• If your beneficiary  
  The person(s), trustee(s) or organization(s) that are designated to receive your pension after you die.
  If you have a spouse, they automatically become your primary beneficiary (unless they waived that right).
  has died

Sign in to My Account:

• If you want to nominate or change your beneficiary

Changes in marital status

Contact People Services if you are an active member and the WorkSafeBC Pension Plan if you are a retired member:

• If you have married, become common law or are going through a separation or divorce
• If you have changed your name after getting married or divorced
• If your spouse 
  Your spouse is someone you are married to and have not been living separate and apart from for a continuous period longer than two years, or someone you have been living with in a marriage-like relationship for at least two years.
  or beneficiary has died
• If your beneficiary has a new address

Transferring or purchasing service

Contact People Services:

• To transfer service from another plan
• To purchase service 
  Buying back eligible periods of pensionable and contributory service to increase your future pension.
• To claim credit for time you spent child-rearing 
  The time you took off work to care full-time for a child under age seven. You can get credit for child-rearing time to increase your contributory service, which could help you quality for an unreduced pension before you reach age 60.

Pension questions

Sign in to My Account:

• To use the personalized pension estimator to calculate the amount of your pension
• To apply for your pension online

Contact People Services:

• To request a mailed copy of your retirement planning package or pension estimate
• To select a pension option once you've decided to retire

Changes in employment

Contact the WorkSafeBC Pension Plan:

• If you had been collecting a WorkSafeBC pension and are now re-employed

Pension benefit payments, deductions and tax slips

• To change the amount of tax taken off your pension payment, contact the WorkSafeBC Pension Plan
• To update your direct deposit information, sign in to My Account

Death of a plan member

• If a plan member dies, and you are the beneficiary or represent the member's estate, contact People Services