Employer newsletters

Issued April 2022: Valuation, My Pension Online, New LGPS member website and logo resources

Issued March 2022: Employee contribution bands, Contribution returns, Year end return session, i-Connect FAQs, LGA training

Issued February 2022: New Pension Board employer representative, Employee contributions banding changes

Issued January 2022: Clean data for 2022 valuation, i-Connect, Employer discretions template updated, Outsourcing

Issued December 2021: Message from the pension fund team, Christmas and New Year opening hours

Issued November 2021: My Pension Online, McCloud judgement - employee data declaration, estimate request forms

Issued October 2021: Website refresh, McCloud information request, Changes to ill health certificates, Change of payroll provider, Derbyshire Pension Board

Issued September 2021: My Pension Online, Updated Funding Strategy Statement, Standard contract wording, Training requests, Salary sacrifice AVCs

Issued August 2021: My Pension Online, consultations, member forms improvements

Issued July 2021: My Pension Online resources, consultations, updated HR and Payroll guides

Issued June 2021. My Pension Online, McCloud - request for information, Ill health retirement tier 3, Payments for unused holiday

Issued May 2021. Year-end thanks, i-Connect update, outsourcing and changes to employee details.

Issued April 2021. Employer Guides, 2021 Pension Administration Strategy, My Pension Online, Standard Contract Wording, LGPS Videos, Year-End Return 2020/2021

Issued March 2021. 2021 Pension Administration Strategy, Year-End Return Deadline 23 April, Employee contributions banding changes

Issued January 2021. Prudential AVCs, casual and relief staff, opting out, My Pension Online

Further information about the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020 and its impact on the LGPS.

Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020 and its impact on the LGPS

Issued September 2020: McCloud update, Part-time hours, Public sector exit payment cap, Exit credits policy, i-Connect update, Consultation on Investment Strategy Statement, Responsible Investment Framework & Climate Strategy, Local Government Association (LGA) update, Letter to scheme members and Reminders and email addresses.

Issued June 2020: Electronic signatures, Exit credits, Employer webinar, i-Connect, Member self-service, Standard contract wording

Coronavirus & the LGPS, forms & notifications, deadlines, year end return 2019/20, LGPS contribution rates 2020/21

In this issue: Coronavirus, year end return 2019/20, valuation results & employer contribution rates, Funding Strategy Statement 2020, LGPS employee contribution bandings 2020/2021, auto enrolment, opting out, McCloud

Newsletter 165, issued February 2020, includes items about the Year End Return 2019/20, valuation results & employer contribution rates, Funding Strategy Statement, Pensions Administration Strategy, Monthly data collection (i-Connect) and more.

Fund valuation employer seminar.

i-Connect survey.

October 2019: Employer HR event 25 November, valuation results event 13 January, dedicated employer email address and taking LGPS benefits before 75.

Employer contribution rate review, drop in sessions, LGPS employer HR seminar, TUPE - options for members, L1a leaver revision form, contributions payment references, Pensions Administration Strategy, new and improved pension calculator.

This issue includes information about the exit payment cap consultation, contribution payment references, early L1 submissions and Pension Board recruitment.

This newsletter includes information about the new scheme year 2019/2020, website referrals and reminders about revising your discretions policies and submitting your year end return.

This newsletter includes information about our employer training on 13 March 2019, a Pension Board vacancy, the year end return and the LGPS employee contributions bands for 2019/2020.

This newsletter includes information on the 2018/2019 year end and fund valuation, the employer discretions policy, our annual report, new fair deal and ill health retirement.

Employer training session and academy trust seminar, November 2018.

This newsletter includes information on re-branding, our website, pension board representatives and employer events.

This newsletter includes information on the amendment regulations 2018, GDPR and estimates.

This newsletter includes information on contribution bands and auto enrolment triggers for 2018/2019.

This newsletter includes information on year-end returns for 2017/2018, admin and communication strategies.

This newsletter includes information on admin sessions, revised forms and contract wording.

This newsletter includes information on ABS, data protection and auto enrolment.

This newsletter includes information on employee contribution bands and auto enrolment.

This newsletter includes information on employer consultation and year-end reminders.

This newsletter includes information on employer training workshops and discretions.