Joining Another HOOPP Employer

Finding a HOOPP employer isn’t difficult. Most Ontario public hospitals and various community health organizations participate in the Plan. If you’re thinking about moving from one HOOPP employer to another, HOOPP can help you learn more. Check our full list of employers to see which hospitals and community health organizations belong to HOOPP.

When you leave your employer, we will be notified of your termination and automatically send you an information package with personalized details about your pension benefits and your available options.

These options will include choosing to leave your benefits in the Plan. This is called choosing a deferred pension.

Choosing a deferred pension

Choosing a deferred pension will allow you to continue to build your pension if you join another HOOPP employer. You will be able to link the periods of HOOPP membership that you earned at your previous HOOPP employer with the service that you will earn at your new job.

If you don’t return to work for a HOOPP employer, you will build no further benefits in the Plan. But you will still be eligible to receive a pension (based on the benefits you previously earned) that will begin at retirement and be paid for the rest of your life.

Teresa Adair

HOOPP member

"I have changed employers twice in the last few years and [the employers] being part of HOOPP was one of the key benefits attracting me. I am fortunate to have been able to maintain my membership."

Fergus Griffin

HOOPP member

"I know that in my own case and in the case of other members I have spoken with, you can take comfort in the flexibility that members are afforded in being able to move to another healthcare institution without interruption to building towards your retirement goals!"

Joining Another HOOPP Employer

Joining Another HOOPP Employer

What some of our members have to say about changing HOOPP employers: