DA Memo – February 14, 2008
2008 KP&F Pre-Retirement Seminars
KP&F will be hosting pre-retirement seminars for members of the Kansas Police and Firemen’s Retirement System (KP&F) who are within five years of retirement. The seminars this year will not include a representative from Social Security or a representative regarding personal savings. The pre-retirement seminars will begin at 6:30 p.m. at all locations.
Please pre-register. Enclosed you will find a list of the different locations throughout Kansas as well as a registration form. To register for one of the pre-retirement seminars, members may do the following:
- Call our toll free number at 1-888-275-5737
- E-mail our office at kpers@kpers.org
- Send the registration form to (KPERS, 611 S. Kansas Ave., Suite 100, Topeka KS 66603)
When calling or e-mailing our office, please indicate the following:
- Your name
- That you are a KP&F member and the location you would like to attend
- The number attending the seminar
- Daytime phone number
Kansas Police & Firemen’s Designated Agent Workshop
This workshop is designed as half-day seminar ( 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. )
Dates/Locations (Word doc, PDF, 187KB)
Some Topics We’ll Cover
Membership
- What is a KP&F-covered position?
- Different groups
- Vesting
- Portability between KPERS-administered retirement systems
- Hands on regarding how to complete the KPERS-1(Report of Member Status) form on the employer web portal.
Disability benefits
Death benefits
Purchasing service credit
Retirement
- Estimates
- Retirement eligibility
- Retirement date
- Retirement options
- Calculating the final average salary
- Final average salary (Cap Law)
- How to do certifications (V-letters) on the employer web portal.
Reporting
- EFT reporting on the web portal
- Working after retirement (how to report)
Please Pre-register
Enclosed is a list of workshop locations with a registration form. You can also register by e-mail at kpers@kpers.org, or call our toll free number at 1-888-275-5737. Please give us the name of your employer, your 4-digit KPERS employer ID number, names of people attending from your employer, and the date and location of the workshop you would like to attend.