Each year the NSNU holds a course for nurses who are approaching retirement. Members can watch a video recording of the full 2019 seminar at this link: 2019 NSNU Pre-Retirement Course.

The seminar contains the following sections and speakers:

Section 1: Introductions; Retirement, and the NSNU Contract
Speaker: Janet Hazelton, NSNU

Section 2:  The Nova Scotia Health Employees’ Pension Plan
Speaker: Judy Paul, Nova Scotia Health Employees’ Pension Plan
Audience: NSNU members of the NSHEPP pension plan:

• All acute care nurses
• Most long-term care nurses (the list here on the NSHEPP website can serve as a rough guide)

Section 3:  Health Related Benefits in Retirement
Speaker: Tina Snair, Health Association of Nova Scotia 
Audience: NSNU members with benefit coverage by HANS:

• All acute care nurses
• Most long-term care nurses (the list here on the HANS website can serve as a rough guide)

*If you are unsure about your participation in either the NSHEPP pension or the HANS benefit plan, please contact them.

Section 4: Living Well in Retirement
Speaker: Larry Wark, Nova Scotia Federation of Union Retirees
Audience: All NSNU members (acute, long-term care, community care) approaching retirement.