IND BR DEP RET (Retirement Allowance Entitlements)

This bracket retrieves values used in the retirement allowance calculation.

Note:

This bracket works in combination with the brackets IND BR FIN CONT and IND BR DT SPEC to determine the retirement allowance.

Search Keys	Use/Description	Return Columns	Use/Description
LABOR AGREEMENT	LABOR AGREEMENT is one of three search keys in the bracket. If you create specific entitlements that vary by labor agreement, you must specify the labor agreements that determine the return column values.	IND BR DEP RET	The value returned by the bracket element IND BR DEP RET determines the salary (base) used to calculate the retirement allowance. The bracket can return one of the following values: If the bracket retrieves 1, the salary used to calculate the allowance is equal to 1/12^th of the last 12 salaries. If the bracket retrieves 2, the salary used to calculate the allowance is equal to 1/3^rd of the last three salaries. If the bracket retrieves 3, the salary used to calculate the allowance is the greater of 1/13^th of the last three salaries and 1/12^th of the last 12 salaries. Note: You must supply the value of this variable.
EMPL CTG (Employee Category)	EMPL CTG is one of three search keys in the bracket. If the collective agreement defines different calculations depending on the employee categories of the payees, you must specify the employee categories that determine the return column values.	IND VR DRT 1	The variable IND VR DRT 1 returns the number of months that the allowance should be paid. Note: you must supply the value of this variable.
GEN VR INSTANCE (Number of Years of Seniority)	Regardless of whether the entitlement varies by labor agreement or payee category, the retirement allowance depends on the years of seniority stored in the variable GEN VR INSTANCE. Note: This is the only search key that must be populated.

Search Keys

Use/Description

Return Columns

Use/Description

LABOR AGREEMENT

LABOR AGREEMENT is one of three search keys in the bracket. If you create specific entitlements that vary by labor agreement, you must specify the labor agreements that determine the return column values.

IND BR DEP RET

The value returned by the bracket element IND BR DEP RET determines the salary (base) used to calculate the retirement allowance. The bracket can return one of the following values:

If the bracket retrieves 1, the salary used to calculate the allowance is equal to 1/12^th of the last 12 salaries.
If the bracket retrieves 2, the salary used to calculate the allowance is equal to 1/3^rd of the last three salaries.
If the bracket retrieves 3, the salary used to calculate the allowance is the greater of 1/13^th of the last three salaries and 1/12^th of the last 12 salaries.

Note: You must supply the value of this variable.

EMPL CTG (Employee Category)

EMPL CTG is one of three search keys in the bracket. If the collective agreement defines different calculations depending on the employee categories of the payees, you must specify the employee categories that determine the return column values.

IND VR DRT 1

The variable IND VR DRT 1 returns the number of months that the allowance should be paid.

Note: you must supply the value of this variable.

GEN VR INSTANCE (Number of Years of Seniority)

Regardless of whether the entitlement varies by labor agreement or payee category, the retirement allowance depends on the years of seniority stored in the variable GEN VR INSTANCE.

Note: This is the only search key that must be populated.

Sample Values

GEN VR INSTANCE	IND BR DEP RET	IND VR DRT 1
10	3	0.5
15	3	1
20	3	1.5
30	3	2