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Employer's Pension Administration Tasks

Employers have significant responsibilities they must accomplish for public pensions systems to be effectively and efficiently administered.

This section lists those tasks and provides detailed guidance on how they are to be accomplished. The tasks are separated into two major groups, entitled Employee Support Tasks and Financial Operations and Reporting.

Helpful background information is available through links at the bottom of this page.

Employee Support Tasks
	Orienting New Employees
	Personal Benefits Statements
	Enrolling Eligible Employees
	Leaves of Absence from Work
	Returning from Leaves of Absence from Work
	Reporting Salary for a Member on a Leave of Absence with Pay
	Changes in Family Status
	Changes in Group Life Insurance
		Cancellation of Contributory Insurance
		Waiver of Insurance Over $50k
		Cancellation of $50k Waiver
		Changing a Beneficiary
	Purchasing Service Credit and Employer Certification of Service
	Pension Loans
	Retirement Processing
	Death of Employee-What to Do
	Group Life Insurance
	Withdrawal of an Employee from Pension System
Financial Operations and Reporting
	Main Financial Reporting Page
	Remitting Employee Contributions and Payments.
	Reporting Employee Contributions and Payments
	Adjusting Employee Contributions (retroactive salary increases, settlements, etc.)
	What is TEPS: "Transmittal Electronic Payment System? "
	How to use TEPS
	Training Available for Employers (PERS, TPAF, and PFRS)
Helpful Background
	Understanding the State-Administered Retirement Systems
	How a New Public Employer Joins a State-Administered Retirement System
	Pension Dispute Resolution and Appeals
	Funding of the Pension Systems
	Summary of Available Publications and Forms
	Pension Forms - Available for Download
	Fact Sheet Index

 

Training Offered by the Division for PERS, TPAF and PFRS Employers

The Division of Pensions and Benefits provides two different employer education seminars at regional locations in New Jersey. Each seminar is a full day program. Participants who wish to attend both programs must register for each one separately.

Seminars Offered

• "Pension Processing and Employer Responsibilities"
  This full-day seminar is offered to assist employers of Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS), Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF) and Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS) members in understanding the entire retirement process, as it applies to both the employer and employees.
  
• "Completing the Quarterly Report of Contributions"
  This full-day program is offered by the Division of Pensions and Benefits to assist participating employers of Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS), Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF), and Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS) members in completion of the Quarterly Report of Contributions. Also included will be "Enrollments Basics" and forms completion.

State agencies with electronic access MUST register attendees through the STADIS system. Other employers should submit the seminar registration form to the Benefits Education Unit, Division of Pensions and Benefits, PO Box 295, Trenton, NJ 08625-0295 or fax forms to (609) 292-9500.

For more information about the employer seminars offered by the Division, including dates, times, and locations for each seminar, please visit www.state.nj.us/treasury/pensions/seminars.htm (Internet users only), or call (609) 777-2111.

 

 

 

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