The Employer Relations Team has started its annual planning and preparation for the ASRS Employer Basics 2023 webinars. We took lessons learned from our first live presentations in 2022 and will be offering Basics as a series of interactive webinars rather than a 3-hour-plus online workshop.
The ASRS Employer Basics webinar is essentially a walk-through of the ASRS Employer Manual. We cover topics such as membership eligibility, enrollment processing, contribution reporting, health insurance premium benefits, long term disability, and hiring retirees, just to name a few.
We understand it can be a lot of information to absorb in one sitting, and sometimes the topics may not pertain to your role, so this year, you get to decide which topics you want to learn about. We will be offering a series of 90-minute online webinars on the topics listed below. Each interactive session will be led by a subject matter expert, with opportunities for questions.
Session topics include:
- Membership Eligibility & Enrollments – Learn all about the benefits of ASRS membership, how membership eligibility is determined, who can waive membership, and why completing the enrollment process is so crucial to your employees.
- Compensation & Contribution Reporting – If you have questions on what reportable compensation is, how to make adjustments to contribution summary reports, how to report alternate contributions, or remit late charges, this webinar is for you. We will also cover Termination Incentive Programs and Service Purchase Programs.
- Ending Payroll Verification & Hiring Retirees – For those who have the designated role of Ending Payroll Specialists, this webinar will cover how to complete Ending Payroll Verification (EPV) forms for employees who are retiring or refunding. We will discuss pay types, define “other contributions” and the difference between Termination Date and End of Membership as well as discuss hiring ASRS retirees.
- Health Insurance Premium Benefit – This webinar will cover the health insurance forms that employers are required to submit for the Health Insurance Premium Benefit to be properly disbursed to eligible retirees and LTD members. You will also learn how to access and review the monthly reconciliation report and when forms are needed to change or delete coverage. [Note: This training is not intended for state agency employer partners.]
- Long Term Disability – For those who handle the long term disability (LTD) program for their employer, this session with our LTD administrator will cover in great detail the claim packet requirements, how to submit documents, and how to access the Broadspire portal.
Each of these sessions will be offered multiple times over the course of two weeks in April. If you have new employer web users who have not yet attended an ASRS Employer Basics webinar, please make sure they attend this year’s Basics. We also encourage anyone who may need refresher training on particular topics to register as well.
Please keep an eye out for the dates and registration instructions in March.
by Genevieve McBride, Employer Relations
