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Healthcare Employees’ Pension Plan Cost of Living Adjustment Plan (HEPP COLA) Payment

Dec 15, 2025

Eligible retired members will receive a HEPP COLA benefit payment on January 2, 2026.

This is the ninth consecutive year that a COLA payment has been granted.

Letters informing eligible members about the payment will be mailed this month. The letter is also available on our member portal. Haven't registered? Learn more here.

All members who received a monthly pension payment from HEPP for at least 12 months when the COLA is granted automatically receive a COLA payment. The benefit is a one-time taxable lump sum, not monthly. It is a gross amount before tax. Regular monthly HEPP pension payments remain the same.

The COLA is not payable to a surviving spouse, beneficiary or former spouse receiving a monthly pension payment.

Disclaimer - This website provides a basic overview of the Healthcare Employees' Pension Plan (HEPP) and the Healthcare Employees' Benefits Plan (HEBP) (collectively the HEB Manitoba Pension and Benefit Plans). Not all employers participate in all Plans. Please check your eligibility for benefits with your employer.

HEB Manitoba is a name notation registered by the Healthcare Employees’ Pension Plan – Manitoba and the Healthcare Employees’ Benefits Plan – Manitoba and under which each of their respective undertakings is carried out.

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HEB Manitoba serves its stakeholders on Treaty Lands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10, the traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg, Anishininewuk, Dakota-Oyate, Denesuline, Nehethowuk Nations, Inuit, and the national homeland of the Red River Métis Nation.

HEB Manitoba is committed to moving forward in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in the spirit of truth, reconciliation and collaboration for the benefit of all people.