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1 April 2015 Legal Changes 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 2

2 Public Sector Pensions Public Sector Pensions 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 3

3 Public Sector Pensions LGPS (England and Wales) LGPS (Scotland) & LGPS (Northern Ireland) Teachers Pension Scheme Civil Service Pension Scheme Firefighters Pension Scheme National Health Service Pension Scheme Police Pension Scheme 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 4

4 Public Sector Pensions LGPS (England & Wales) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 5

5 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (England & Wales) The pilot solution for LGPS monthly reporting has been delivered in SAP standard. RPULGPG1 (Aquila/Heywood s) Monthly Pensionable Pay Interface 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 6

6 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (England & Wales) The pilot solution for LGPS monthly reporting has been delivered in SAP standard. RPULGPG1 (Aquila/Heywood s) Monthly Pensionable Pay Interface (Flat File) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 7

7 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (England & Wales) RPULGPG2 (Generic) Monthly Pensionable Pay Interface (THIS PERIOD) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 8

8 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (England & Wales) RPULGPG2 (Generic) Monthly Pensionable Pay Interface (CUMULATIVE) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 9

9 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (England & Wales) Delivery Note Note PY-GB-PS: LGPS 2014: Monthly Reports (UDO) PY-GB-PS: LGPS 2014: Monthly Reports Support Packages Software Component Release Support Package SAP_HRCGB 600 SAPK-600B5INSAPHRCGB 604 SAPK-60481INSAPHRCGB 608 SAPK-60809INSAPHRCGB 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 10

10 Public Sector Pensions LGPS (Scotland) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11

11 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (Scotland) LGPS (Scotland) has approximately a 95% overlap with the rules of LGPS (England and Wales). The differences are as follows; 1) All employees migrate to CARE on April 1 st ) The 50/50 Check includes Nil Pay during OAL/OMP/OPL 3) APP does not apply when PP is greater than APP 4) Councillors are allowed in BOTH Sections, but are not subject to APP 5) Only overtime worked up to the employee s FTE hours is pensionable, anything in excess of those FTE hours is non-pensionable SAP AG. All rights reserved. 12

12 Public Sector Pensions LGPS (Northern Ireland) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 13

13 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (Northern Ireland) LGPS (Northern Ireland) has approximately a 99% overlap with the rules of LGPS (England and Wales). The differences are as follows; 1) All employees migrate to CARE on April 1 st ) Councillors are allowed in the Main Section only, but are not subject to APP 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 14

14 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (Scotland & Northern Ireland) All changes between LGPS (England and Wales) and LGPS (Scotland) and LGPS (Northern Ireland) will be controlled by the scheme type (T5GPBSP_SCH-LGSCH). LGPS (England and Wales) = LG E LGPS (Scotland) LGPS (Northern Ireland) = LG S = LG N 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15

15 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (Scotland & Northern Ireland) Councillors will be identified by a new feature GBLG2 (and a BADI) LGPS (England and Wales): LGPS (Scotland): GBAPP will not process councillors GBAPP will process councillors, no APP, allowed in 50/50 LGPS (Northern Ireland): GBAPP will process councillors, no APP, NOT allowed in 50/ SAP AG. All rights reserved. 16

16 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (Scotland & Northern Ireland) Delivery Note PY-GB-PS: LGPS 2015: Northern Ireland and Scotland Support Packages Software Component Release Support Package SAP_HRCGB 600 SAPK-600B5INSAPHRCGB 604 SAPK-60481INSAPHRCGB 608 SAPK-60809INSAPHRCGB N.B. Customers implementing these schemes need to apply the customising changes as discussed in the LGPS 2014 master note ( ), but date effective from ! Note PY-GB-PS: LGPS 2014: Master Note (V6) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 17

17 Public Sector Pensions: LGPS (Scotland & Northern Ireland) Does anyone attending need LGPS (Scotland)? (If so, how will you handle overtime?) Does anyone attending need LGPS (England & Wales) and are not using SAP standard? Will you use the new feature GBLG2 to exclude your councillors from LGPS 2014 processing now that it has been delivered? 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 18

18 Public Sector Pensions Teachers Pension 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 19

19 Public Sector Pensions: Teachers Pension New CARE scheme is being introduced from April 1 st 2015 ALL Members will be classified as PROTECTED, TAPERED or TRANSITION, which will dictate when /if they move to CARE. The Pension Scheme Rules (for payroll) are the SAME both the Final Salary and CARE schemes; Pensionable Pay is WHEN PAID OVERTIME must be include in Pensionable Pay as WHEN PAID, but recorded as WHEN EARNED in TP MDC Assessment does not change retrospectively Assessment takes place in EVERY pay period 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 20

20 Public Sector Pensions: Teachers Pension PROTECTED: NOT Moving (unless 5 year career break) Active member before April 1 st 2012 AND less than 10 years to NPA TAPERED: Moving between 31st May 2015 and 31st January 2022 Active member before April 1 st 2012 AND 10 to 13.5 years to NPA TRANSITION: Moving April 1 st 2015 New starters after April 1 st 2015 (i.e. Auto-Enrolments) Active member since April 1 st 2012 Active member before April 1 st 2012 AND more than 13.5 years to NPA 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 21

21 Public Sector Pensions: Teachers Pension (NPA 60) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 22

22 Public Sector Pensions: Teachers Pension (NPA 65) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 23

23 Public Sector Pensions: Teachers Pension: Go Live 2015 April 1 st 2012 Employee IT0002 February March April Query May IT0071 Transition? Type IT0280 Transition Type (April) From TP IT0280 Transition Type (May) From TP IT0280 Transition Type (June) From TP Employee Query IT0280 Transition? Date Transition Date Transition Date Transition Date IT0071 IT0071 IT0071 IT SAP AG. All rights reserved. 24

24 Public Sector Pensions: Teachers Pension TPS expect to provide a monthly file for members that are moving to the CARE scheme, each month until February 2022!!! SAP intend to deliver a program, which will be very similar to the PAE Mass Opt In report (RPUPAEG3) to load the monthly file. SAP intend to deliver a new cumulative wage type for Pensionable Pay (i.e. /162 and /163) SAP intend to hard-code as many of the TPS parameters (in payroll functiongblgp) as possible, so that all customers follow the same rules from April 2015 as TPS seems to be the only scheme dictating the scheme rules to employers! 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 25

25 Public Sector Pensions: Teachers Pension April 2015 Teachers Pension will be controlled by the scheme type (T5GPBSP_SCH-LGSCH). TPS (England and Wales) = TEA E 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 26

26 Public Sector Pensions: Teachers Pension Does anyone attending need TPS (Scotland)? Does anyone attending foresee issues with handling tapered employees for 8 years? Would you prefer a one-off conversion and then handle exceptions each month? If a one-off conversion could be provided, would you be able to differentiate between NPA 60 and NPA 65 members within SAP HR already?? Who is considering MDC? 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 27

27 Public Sector Pensions Civil Service Pension 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 28

28 Public Sector Pensions: Civil Service Pension New CARE scheme ALPHA is being introduced from April 1 st 2015 ALL Members will be classified as PROTECTED, TAPERED or TRANSITION, which dictate when /if they move to CARE. N.B. TAPERED are being given the option to become TRANSITION The Pension Scheme Rules (for payroll) are the SAME both the Final Salary and CARE schemes; Pensionable Pay is WHEN PAID OVERTIME must be include in Pensionable Pay Assessment does not change retrospectively Assessment takes place in EVERY pay period 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 29

29 Public Sector Pensions: Civil Service Pension PROTECTED: NOT Moving (unless 5 year career break) Active member before April 1 st 2012 AND less than 10 years to NPA TAPERED: Moving between 31st May 2015 and 31st January 2022 Active member before April 1 st 2012 AND 10 to 13.5 years to NPA (and have not exercised (or not responded to) their OPTION to give up TAPERED enrolment into ALPHA ) TRANSITION: Moving April 1 st 2015 New starters after April 1 st 2015 (i.e. Auto-Enrolments) Active member since April 1 st 2012 Active member before April 1 st 2012 AND more than 13.5 years to NPA (Active member before April 1 st 2012 AND 10 to 13.5 years to NPA that HAS exercised their OPTION to give up TAPERED enrolment into ALPHA ) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 30

30 Public Sector Pensions: Civil Service Pension: Go Live 2015 pril 1 st 2012 January February March April IT0002 Options Options Options From From From IT0071 MyCSP MyCSP MyCSP Transition Type Transition Type Transition Type Employee Query IT0280 IT0280 IT0280 IT0280 IT0071??? Transition Date IT0071 Transition Date IT0071 Transition Date IT SAP AG. All rights reserved. 31

31 Public Sector Pensions: Civil Service Pension Does anyone attending need CPS (Scotland)? Does anyone attending foresee issues with handling tapered employees for 8 years? Would you prefer a one-off conversion and then handle exceptions each month? If a one-off conversion could be provided, would you be able to differentiate between NPA 60 and NPA 65 members within SAP HR already?? How do you intend to handle the OPTION exercise for TAPERED members? 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 32

32 Public Sector Pensions Firefighters Pension 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 33

33 Public Sector Pensions: Firefighters Pension Draft rules have already been supplied via to PSSEG It is our intention to re-use LGPS, TPS and CSP functionality to deliver these as quickly as possible after the Regulations have been laid. We will try to deliver any changes without an HRSP dependency (i.e. UDO - if necessary) SAP AG. All rights reserved. 34

34 Public Sector Pensions Police Pension 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 35

35 Public Sector Pensions: Police Pension No rules have already been supplied as yet. It is our intention to re-use LGPS, TPS and CSP functionality to deliver these as quickly as possible after the Regulations have been laid. We will try to deliver any changes without an HRSP dependency (i.e. UDO - if necessary) SAP AG. All rights reserved. 36

36 Public Sector Pensions National Health Service Pension 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 37

37 Public Sector Pensions: National Health Service Pension No rules have already been supplied as yet. It is our intention to re-use LGPS, TPS and CSP functionality to deliver these as quickly as possible after the Regulations have been laid. We will try to deliver any changes without an HRSP dependency (i.e. UDO - if necessary) SAP AG. All rights reserved. 38

38 April 2015 Legal Changes Workshop 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 39

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