He was months from vesting when his job ended. Then came the fight over his final pay
A terminated worker fell short of the vesting period on his employer's retirement plan, and it cost him the employer's matching contributions. His fight to recover that money, along with a bonus and disputed paycheque deductions, went nowhere at a British Columbia tribunal.
In a decision issued July 20, 2026, Civil Resolution Tribunal Vice Chair Kristin Gardner dismissed every claim a former employee brought against Vegpro International Inc. Across two linked disputes, the worker had sought $2,000 for the employer's unpaid RRSP contributions, $3,000 for a 2023 performance bonus, and $5,000 tied to deductions applied to his pay in lieu of notice.
The worker enrolled in a voluntary group retirement savings plan through Desjardins, effective April 1, 2022, with Vegpro matching his contributions up to 2 per cent of his salary. After Vegpro terminated his employment without cause on Aug. 17, 2023, he was able to withdraw or transfer his own contributions, but Desjardins Insurance advised that he had not worked long enough to be entitled to the employer's share.
The worker argued he had never been told a vesting period applied. Gardner accepted that his employment contract did not spell out a vesting period for the employer's contributions, but she noted the contract identified Desjardins as the plan provider and that he could have requested the plan's...
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