Good news for you on two fronts!
In his latest budget, Finance Minister Raymond Bachand has introduced two measures requested by the Fonds and that will have a positive impact on employers that offer their workers the possibility to contribute to the Fonds, namely:
Employer contributions to acquire labour-fund shares
Employer contributions to the RRSPs of employees enrolled in the Fonds de solidarité FTQ will be treated the same way as employer contributions to employee pension plans. As such, contributions for shares acquired after December 31, 2012 will excluded from the base wage of employees for Québec payroll tax purposes.
Obligation to offer employees a VRSP
The Minister of Finance has announced that employers with five or more employees will be required to implement a voluntary retirement savings plan by January 1, 2015. Those that already offer the Fonds de solidarité FTQ RRSP through payroll deduction (even if not all employees are enrolled) are not bound by this obligation.