Welcome to our employer webcast series, "Preparing for year end" - a selection of bitesize webinars for employers in West Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Barnet and Hounslow Pension Funds.

Here you can learn more about the LGPS and your responsibilities as an employer.

This training session will help employers on best practice when submitting their March file as well as guidance around dealing with the process of producing Annual Pension statements. It also covers the importance of pay and the different pay we request to calculate benefits correctly.

Included in this series is information about the upcoming triannual valuation and the importance of your data.

It will also provide you with an understanding of what Assumed Pensionable Pay (APP) is, when it’s needed and the importance of why we need confirmation of it. The session will improve your understanding and help you apply APP day to day.

 In this webcast we'll be covering;

• how to calculate APP
• when to apply APP
• examples of different scenarios you may come across

The webcast will last approximately 30-45 minutes and you'll be able to ask questions during the session via a live text chat.