Overview
We are pleased to announce that AUPE continues to offer ONLINE pension information sessions with the help of Alberta Pensions Services Corporation (APSC).
Notwithstanding the COVID crisis, AUPE continues to strive to reach out to its members in order to communicate with them, serve them and offer to them the best of online Union education. While our in-person events have been cancelled, we would like to invite you to take your pension session online. These sessions are available to AUPE members.
Pensions are important to AUPE members and their families. Alberta Pension Services (APSC) administers the Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) and the Local Authorities Pension Plan (LAPP), both of which help secure many AUPE members for their retirement.
AUPE and APSC are committed to helping members learn about their pensions and plan for retirement.
Topics/Schedule
The topics and dates of these sessions are as listed below:
The Buybacks session will cover:
- Leaves of absence
- Purchased within the deadlines
- Probationary service periods
- Purchased within the deadline
- Prior service - eligible service
- Past service with LAPP employer
- Service under a different pension plan in Canada
- Estimating the cost to purchase prior service
- Payment options
- Transfers into LAPP from other pensions plans
This session is available on:
September 29, 2022
- 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
The Retirement Options session will cover:
- Calculating your LAPP pension
- Pensionable salary and service
- When you can start receiving LAPP pension
- Early retirement vs unreduced pension
- Pension options
- Single lifetime vs joint lifetime
- Pension partner vs beneficiary
- Online access
- Your pension profile
- Pension projection calculator
- Application process
This session is available on:
September 15, 2022
- 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
October 14, 2022
- 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
The Termination, Death and Disability session will cover:
- Termination from LAPP
- Unger age 55
- Age 55 or older
- Death before retirement
- Pension partner protection
- Pre-retirement death waiver
- Beneficiary(ies)
- Pension partner protection
- Disability Pension
This session is available on:
October 3, 2022
- 1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Registration
AUPE members interested in any of the LAPP 2022 info sessions can register using AUPE's online registration system.
Fall 2022 registration opens August 15.
Need assistance with registration?
Please email registrar@aupe.org or call 1-800-232-7284
Time-off entitlement
These sessions are free, and members can receive paid time off for the duration of the webinars:
- 1.5 hours for the Retirement Options webinars
- 1 hour for the Buybacks and Termination, Death and Disability webinar