Administrative Procedure

AP-430 — LAPP Participation Guidelines

Section Four: Business Administration

Effective Date: February 1, 2016 Last Reviewed: August 21, 2023

Background

The Board maintains a Local Authorities Pension Plan account that is available to eligible support staff for the purpose of saving towards retirement.

Procedures

1. Eligible support staff will have access to the Local Authorities Pension Plan.
2. For the purposes of this administrative procedure, a normal working year is considered to be a twelve (12) month period. Ten (10) month employees are deemed to work an average of 200 days per school year.
3. Participating Employee Groups at Grasslands School Division for purposes of the LAPP are:
   1. Administration
   2. Maintenance
   3. Accounting and Clerical
   4. Public Works
   5. Inspection
   6. Technical
   7. Foreman and Supervisory
4. All twelve (12) month, permanent employees, who are members of the participating employee groups as noted in #3, who work a minimum of 430 hours per year and are included in a Participating Employee Group, MUST participate in the plan.
5. All ten (10) month, permanent employees, who are members of the participating employee groups as noted in #3, who work a minimum of 15 hours per week and are included in a Participating Employee Group, MUST participate in the plan.
6. Employees who are hired on a temporary basis (there is an end date or event that has been established for the end of employment) are NOT eligible to participate in the plan.
7. Eligible employees who commence permanent employment with the Board must successfully complete a one (1) year probationary period as a waiting period prior to becoming members of the plan.
8. The Board will inform all employees of their membership status at the time of hire.
9. Pensionable and non-pensionable pay types are defined by the Local Authorities Pension Plan Pension Guide. Pensionable pay includes gross basis pay, as well as acting pay, as defined by the Guide.