Our webinars are free virtual training that you can take part in from the comfort of your own desk. You only need a computer or a phone to join. Our interactive webinars normally last around 30-40 minutes and they will be presented by one of our experienced Employee Relationship Managers, and are an ideal opportunity to ask any questions you may have about the Scheme.

Our webinars include:

• Administering the Teachers' Pension Scheme - which will give you a general overview of what your administrative and reporting responsibilities are to the Scheme, and explain what you need to do on a monthly, yearly and ad hoc basis
• Using the Employer Portal  - which will explain what the Employer Portal is in more depth, how to register and log in, how to use 3rd party providers, its functionalities and the dashboard
• Contractual and Auto Enrolment - which covers the differences between the two types of enrolment, what you need to do, who needs to be enrolled and when, how members opt out and the recording of service and salary
• Transitional Protection - which provides an overview of Transitional Protection, who's affected by the changes, key dates, what do you and your employees need to do, how to keep up to date and key messages
• Employer guide to My Pension Online - which will give you an overview of My Pension Online (MPO), how members register and the dashboard, and explain to you benefits of using it, web forms and their processes and pin and password resets. We've also created an Employer Guide to MPO  (PDF, 9 MB) (This link opens in a new window)so that you have an insight into what members see when they log in
• Ill-health and Bereavement - which will explain different levels of Ill-health retirement, serious Ill-health commutation, the Ill-health process, death benefits and who can receive them, and the application process
• Retirement Options - which covers what options are available to members including Age, Early, Phased, Premature and Ill-health Retirement, what we need to process an application, how pensions are calculated and final salary and career average example calculations
• Monthly Data Collection (MDC) - which covers what MDC is and what the process is, how to submit your MDC submission, errors and reviewing additional MDC missing checklists.

If you've on-boarded to Monthly Contributions Reconciliation (MCR) or are due to on-board it is required that you attend our enhanced training (at least one person per employer) which includes:

• Overview of Monthly Contributions Reconciliation (MCR)  - which covers what MCR is, key pre on-boarding steps, completing the on-boarding form, understanding organisational structures and payment methods, role identifier guidance, how to submit your MCR data and managing stop and warning errors notifications and communications you may receive.
• Completing your Monthly Contributions Reconciliation (MCR) submission - which will explain the importance of Role Identifiers and their correct usage, adding, updating and deleting member service lines, processing When Earned payments and Backdated pay awards, using the WEBK indicator, processing family leave and occupational sick leave and correcting warning errors.

You can check our webinar schedule, availability or book on to one of our webinars through our new event booking tool.

If you've not used it before, we advise you read our quick guide on how to use our event booking system. (PDF, 484 KB) (This link opens in a new window)