A man in Harbour Grace, N.L., has won the fight to get access to his late partner's CN Rail pension after initially being denied because he was in a same-sex relationship. It recognized him as the common law spouse of Gerry Schwarz, a CN employee for 30 years, and grants him the survivor pension for the rest of his life. CN's pension plan did not include same-sex partners as eligible spouses until 1998. WATCH | CN earlier said former policies may have to be re-examined:CN reviewing policy that withheld pension from gay widower The National 2:10 CN Rail says it's reviewing its policy that kept a Newfoundland man from getting his deceased same-sex partner's company pension as a surviving spouse. CN said a review of its policies affecting LGBT employees that retired before 1998 is underway.

Source: CBC News May 04, 2021 22:18 UTC