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Employers
Guides and factsheets
  • Outsourcing Services and New Admissions to the LGPS
  • FAQs for LGPS employers: Strike action
  • LGA frequently asked questions for employers on Covid-19
  • Employer role and responsibilities
  • Employers exit cap
  • Guide to assumed pensionable pay (APP)
  • Types of retirement
  • Ill-health retirement
  • Ill-health retirement roles and responsibilities
  • Pensions discretions
  • Pension contribution banding factsheet
  • Business efficiency retirement process
  • Promotion of My Pension Portal

Guides and factsheets

You may find the guides and factsheets below helpful:

  • Exit cap proposal
  • Types of retirement
  • Ill-health retirement
  • Outsourcing Services and New Admissions to the LGPS
  • Ill Health strengthening the process 
  • Pensions discretions
  • Employer Payroll Guide (external link to LGA Employer Resources page)
  • Employer HR Guide (external link to LGA Employer Resources page)
  • PDF DocumentEmployer roles, responsibilites and performance standards (389 KB)
  • Assumed pensionable pay
  • PDF DocumentNotes on final pay (membership before 31/03/2014) (191 KB)
  • PDF DocumentAbsence - frequently asked questions (494 KB)
  • Pension contributions - bandings and submission
  • Business efficiency retirement 
  • PDF DocumentEmployer data retention policy template (PDF version) (240 KB)

  • Word DocumentEmployer data retention policy template (Word version) (38 KB)
  • Promotion of My Pension Portal
  • FAQs for Employers on Covid-19
  • PDF DocumentEmployers Guide to backdated pay award (144 KB)
  • FAQs for LGPS employers: Strike action
 
 

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