We are pleased to announce that AUPE’s Pension Committee is offering information sessions for members who belong to the Local Authorities Pension Plan (LAPP). AUPE and LAPP are committed to helping members learn about their pensions and plan for retirement. The sessions are presented by Alberta Pension Services Corporation.
There are six sessions you can sign up for.
Retirement Options Webinars
- Wednesday, September 18, 2024 – 9:00 to 10:30 AM
- Wednesday, October 9, 2024 – 9:00 to 10:30 AM
- Wednesday, November 13, 2024 –1:30 to 3:00 PM
- Wednesday, December 4, 2024 – 9:00 to 10:30 AM
Increasing Your Benefit – Buying Back Service Webinar
- Thursday, October 31, 2024 – 9:00 to 10:00 AM
Terminations, Death, and Disability Webinar
- Tuesday, November 26, 2024 – 1:30 to 2:15 PM
You can register for one or more sessions here. Have your AUPE member number ready to register. If you don’t have your number, you can call the AUPE Members Resource Centre at 1-800-232-7284.
Retirement Options includes information about how your pension is calculated, early retirement, retirement options, pension projection calculation, and the retirement application process.
Increasing Your Benefit – Buying Back Service provides information about leaves of absence (purchased within the deadline), optional service, and payment options.
Termination, Death, and Disability provides information about leaving the plan (fewer than two years of membership), two or more years of membership (under age 55, age 55 or older, on or after your 65th birthday), death before retirement (fewer than two years of membership, two or more years of membership, pre-retirement death waiver), disability pensions.
Members can receive paid time off for the duration of the webinars: 1.50 hours for the webinars on Retirement Options, 1.00 hour for the webinar on Buying Back Service and 0.75 for the webinar on Terminations, Death, and Disability. No other expenses will be covered for the registered session.
The AUPE Pension Committee understands that navigating your pension can be difficult and are here to support you. The Committee aims to give you the information and skills you need to understand your pension and plan a path to your retirement.
You can contact the registrar at registrar@aupe.org if you have any issues with registration. If you are looking for more information about the Local Authorities Pension Plan (LAPP) you can visit www.lapp.ca.
Please contact AUPE’s Pension Specialist, Liliana Cordeiro at 1-800-232-7284 with any questions regarding your pension plan.
Please note that these are pension sessions only. Should you have any questions regarding the Union, please contact the AUPE Resource Centre at toll-free 1-800-232-7284.