Last year Arkansas Public Employee Retirement System (APERS) hosted ten (10) employer training sessions around the state. These sessions ran approximately 2 – 2½ hour and the intended audience was personnel staff that process hire paperwork and payroll staff that calculate/remit retirement matching and contributions, and prepare/submit the monthly earnings and service reports.
Topics covered in the training sessions included:
eligibility
proper completion of forms
remitting payment of matching and contributions
reporting earnings/service
delinquent service,
lump sum payments
retroactive wage increases
wage settlements,
death of an active member
the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)
retirement
All participants received a CD, which included the training session presentations ,the most current APERS Employer Guide, copy of the handout, useful forms and other information.
Below you will find updated materials and contents from the CD
