Administration Webinars
The OMERS Education and Training team has launched a series of free webinars to help employers learn the latest tips and helpful hints for administering the OMERS Plan. Webinars are currently offered for the following topics.
The Non-Full-Time (NFT) Expansion Plan Change comes into effect January 1, 2023. This means the current eligibility requirement for non-full-time employees to join the Plan will be removed so that all non-full-time employees may elect to join the Plan at any time. This session will prepare you for this Plan Change by providing guidance on:
Understanding this Plan change and what it means
Defining "NFT"
Process and timelines for offering enrolment to your existing NFT employees
The offer process for NFT employees hired on and after January 1, 2023
How to upload and submit NFT information to OMERS via e-access
Monday, November 7, 2022 - 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
Thursday, November 24, 2022 - 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST
Enrolment in the OMERS Plan is the first step in a member's pension life cycle. Let's take a look at the process to determine how and when to enrol an employee in the OMERS Plan.
During this session, you will learn:
The different classes of OMERS members (CFT and OTCFT)
The three types of enrolments
Your responsibility for timely enrolment of all eligible employees
Best practices when offering voluntary enrolment to OTCFT employee
In Part 1, you learned how and when to enrol an employee in the OMERS Plan. Now let’s learn how to quickly and accurately enrol a member using OMERS powerful e-access tool.
During this session, you will learn:
How to effectively navigate through the e-Form 102
How to accurately report: hire date, enrolment reason, salary and member contact information
The impact of recent changes to the enrolment process
How to resolve exception
Did you know employers must offer membership when employees first become eligible and failure to do so can result in a costly omission period?
Have you offered membership to all your eligible other-than-continuous full-time (OTCFT) employees? Let’s review the rules and process for offering voluntary enrolment together – it’s important.
During this session, you will learn:
How to accurately determine if an employee qualifies for voluntary enrolment
How and when to offer OMERS membership
OMERS resources to help you and to educate and inform your employee
As an employer, one of your responsibilities is to remit member and employer contributions to OMERS on a monthly basis. Let’s review the process for accurately calculating and reporting these contributions using the e-Form 105 – Contribution remittance summary in e-access.
During this session, you will learn:
how to determine contributory earnings and calculate registered pension plan (RPP) and retirement compensation arrangement (RCA) contributions
how to accurately submit the e-Form 105 and remit contributions
the impact that contributions have on the annual reconciliation process
how the new AVC payroll deduction option may benefit your member
Let's learn how to quickly and accurately report a member's leave period using OMERS online e-access tool.
During this session you will learn:
How to use the e-Form 165 – Leave Period Reporting/Election to administer leave periods
How to accurately report leave periods
How Pension Adjustments (PAs) and Past Service Pension Adjustments (PSPAs) are calculated and reported for leave period
Learn how to administer a disability leave period using OMERS online e-access tool. This step precedes a disability benefit request, when a member is absent from work due to illness or injury.
During this session you will learn:
What is a disability leave period
How and when to administer and report a disability leave period
How to process the e-Form 165 which generates the disability leave period election form
In Part 1, you learned how to administer a disability elimination period. Now let's take a look at the process for submitting a request for a disability benefit.
During this session you will learn:
When to submit an e-Form 143 for a disability benefit
How to successfully complete and submit the e-Form 143
What supporting documentation may be required as part of the process
How other disability benefits may impact your OMERS disability administration
When an active member leaves their employer, retires, or passes away, OMERS needs to be informed. These events are reported to OMERS using the e-Form 143 – Request for an OMERS Plan Benefit. Let's review the process for accurately reporting this information to OMERS in a timely manner.
During this session, you will learn:
When an e-Form 143 should be submitted to OMERS
What information is required and how to report it correctly
What impact the e-Form 143 has on the annual reconciliation process
Best practices to follow when submitting an e-Form 143