In this section

Forms for employers
Employer training
Employer guides and resources
i-Connect
Employer newsletters
Administration strategy and communications policy
Redundancy and other retirements
Contributions and reconciliation
The role of the actuary
Academies
Admission bodies
Town and parish councils

Forms for employers

Use our employer forms to notify us of changes to LGPS members.

Forms for employers
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Our employer newsletters that were issued in the past 12 months are attached to this page.

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, get an issue from more than 12 months ago, or to let us know about something you would like us to include in a future issue, please email pensions.regs@derbyshire.gov.uk.

Links to useful documents

Document about Employer newsletter 230 - PDF Employer newsletter 230 (443KB)

Issued March 2026: Contribution rate changes, Access and Fairness, Pensionable pay, Preparing your March i-Connect file, Derbyshire Pension Board Employer Representative

Document about Employer newsletter 229 - PDF Employer newsletter 229 (231KB)

Issued February 2026: Employee contribution banding changes 2026/2027, Flexible retirement, Preparing your March 2026 i-Connect file, New CR1 forms for 2026/2027

Document about Employer newsletter 228 - PDF Employer newsletter 228 (312KB)

Issued January 2026: LGPS Fit for the Future, 2025 Funding Strategy Statement, Admission, cessation and bulk transfer policy, Authorised Signatories, My Pension Online upgrade

Document about Employer newsletter 227 - PDF Employer newsletter 227 (330KB)

Issued December 2025: Message from the Pension Fund, 2025/2026 Christmas and New Year opening hours, Prudential employer online portal, Valuation and reminder of FSS consultation, My Pension Online is getting an upgrade, Annual Report 2025

Document about Employer newsletter 226 - PDF Employer newsletter 226 (248KB)

Issued November 2025: Employer Forum registration and Funding Strategy Statement, Opportunity to join Derbyshire Pension Board, Pensions Dashboards Programme, LGPS consultation: Scheme Improvements (Access and Protections) reminder

Document about Employer newsletter 225 - PDF Employer newsletter 225 (308KB)

Issued October 2025: Actuarial valuation 2025 update, i-Connect and Contribution return (CR1) forms, Updates to your Authorised Signatories and Employer Discretions Policy, Ill-health retirement, LGPS consultation: Scheme Improvements (Access and Protections)

Document about Employer newsletter 224 - PDF Employer newsletter 224 (230KB)

Issued September 2025: Pension Awareness 2025, My Pension Online video, Employer discretions policies, Authorised signatories

Document about Employer newsletter 223 - PDF Employer newsletter 223 (332KB)

Issued August 2025: Submitting forms through i-Connect, Annual benefit statements, Pension Awareness 2025, Pay award arrears, Salary sacrifice arrangements

Document about Employer newsletter 222 - PDF Employer newsletter 222 (307KB)

Issued July 2025: Annual benefit statements, Actuarial valuation 2025, Enrolment, Employer role training, Decommissioning of i-Connect inbox

Document about Employer newsletter 221 - PDF Employer newsletter 221 (301KB)

Issued June 2025: Derbyshire Pension Fund actuarial valuation 2025, Outsourcing and risk sharing, LGPS consultation reminder: Access and fairness, 2025 Member Engagement Forum and TPS excess service update.

Document about Employer newsletter 220 - PDF Employer newsletter 220 (281KB)

Issued May 2025: My Pension Online, Derbyshire Pension Fund website, Queries from the Fund, Prudential Payroll Forum

Document about Employer newsletter 219 - PDF Employer newsletter 219 (289KB)

Issued April 2025: New CR1 forms for 2025/2026, Submitting forms through i-Connect, Appeals against employers, Prudential Additional Voluntary Contribution (AVC) applications