Employer newsletter and information letters
Focus Newsletter - April 2021
Contents:
- Deadline for employer's year end submissions (except employers using i-connect)
- McCloud judgement
- Draft funding strategy statement (FSS) - employer consultation closes on 18 May 2021
Focus Newsletter - March 2021
Contents:
- Fund's annual general meeting
- Employer's submission of year end pension data returns
- LGPS member contribution banding from 1 April 2021
- Pension Fund website / forms
- Local Government Association (LGA) - understanding the employer role - training
- Pension taxation - lifetime allowance (LTA)
- £95,000 exit payment no longer in place
Focus Newsletter - February 2021
Contents:
- Important information for scheme employers and payroll departments
- Revised employer pension contributions effective from 1 April 2021
- LGPS members contribution banding from 1 April 2021
- CARE pay that should include assumed pensionable pay
- Coronavirus job retention scheme - furlough
Focus Newsletter - January 2021
Contents:
- Exit credit policy consultation
- McCloud
- Pensions Forum annual general meeting (AGM)
- My Pension Portal (MPP)
- i-Connect
Focus Newsletter - November 2020
Contents:
- Coronavirus job retention scheme - furlough
- McCloud webpage
- The £95,000 exit payment cap - effective from 4 November 2020
- September 2020 consumer price index
- LGPS Funds - England and Wales 2019/20
Focus Newsletter - October 2020
Contents:
- My Pension Portal (MPP) - update
- The £95,000 exit payment cap - effective from 4 November 2020
- Local Government Association (LGA) - employer role training
- McCloud update
- Government confirms intention to increase minimum pension age
Focus Newsletter - August 2020
Contents:
- McCloud - judgement update
- Public sector exit payment cap - update
Focus Newsletter - July 2020
Contents:
- McCloud - government consultation published
- My Pension Portal (MPP) - update
- Employer training workshops
- Schools and academies - outsourcing staff
- The Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) - annual report 2019
Focus Newsletter - June 2020
Contents:
- Thank you to employers
- My Pension Portal (MPP) - promotional material
- Covid 19 - pension information
- Employer pensions discretions
- Employer data retention policy
Focus Newsletter - May 2020
Contents:
- Covid-19 update
- My Pension Portal (MPP) - online annual benefit statement (ABS)
- Ill-health retirement - obtaining IRMP opinions during the pandemic
- Death in service guarantees for frontline Covid-19 staff
- Pension taxation - lifetime allowance (LTA) increased to £1,073,000
Focus Newsletter - April 2020
Contents:
- Covid-19 information for scheme employers
- Frequently asked LGPS questions for employers on COVID-19
- Deadline for employer's submission (except employers using i-Connect)
- Actuarial valuation as at 31 March 2019
- Actuarial strain cost for early retirement - new factors from 1 May 2020
- Employer training
Focus Newsletter - March 2020
Contents:
- Important information for scheme employers and payroll departments
- LGPS contribution banding from 1 April 2020
- CARE pay that should include assumed pensionable pay (APP)
- Focus March 2020
Focus Newsletter - February 2020
Contents:
- Monthly contributions process change
- LGPS member contribution banding for April 2020
- Fund's website and accessibility
- Employer guide to automatic / re-enrolment into the LGPS
- Vacancies for employer representatives on the Pension Committee
- Focus February 2020
Focus Newsletter - January 2020
Contents:
- Internal dispute resolution procedure (IDRP) - new guide for employers
- Pensions made simple - member videos
- Annual report and accounts
- Annual benefit statements (ABS) online
- New employer admissions - important reminder
- Focus January 2020
Focus Newsletter - December 2019
Contents:
- i-Connect update
- Annual general meeting
- Individual employer valuation 2019 results
- McCloud case - latest update
- September 2019 rate of consumer price index (CPI)
- Focus December 2019
Focus Newsletter - November 2019
Contents:
- McCloud case - LGPS implications
- Exit cap update
- Fund actuarial valuation results 2019
- Funding strategy statement (FSS) consultation
- Focus November 2019
Focus Newsletter - September 2019
Contents:
- Pensions savings certificates - annual allowance (AA)
- LGPS - employer data retention policy
- Annual benefit statements (ABS)
- Flexible retirement
- Who is an eligible employee / scheme member
- Focus - September 2019
Focus Newsletter - August 2019
Contents:
- Local Pension Board vacancy
- Employer guides and factsheets
- Empoyer Focus peer group
- Annual benefit Statements
- Focus - August 2019
Contents:
- Year end return - thank you to employers
- Valuation consultation
- Exit cap consultation
- The Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) - annual report
- Focus - June 2019
Focus Newsletter - April 2019
Contents:
- Employer Training Day
- Exit Cap Consultation
- Pension Fund Administration Strategy Consultation
- Deductions for Additional Pension
- Focus - April 2019
Focus Newsletter - March 2019
Contents:
- Fund’s Actuarial Valuation
- Annual Employer Returns
- Pension Fund Administration Strategy
- Local Pension Board
- Focus - March 2019
Focus Newsletter - February 2019
Contents:
- Changes to the LGPS introduced on 10 January 2019
- Overview of the government consultation which aims to introduce greater pension protection for employees of LGPS
- Pension contribution rates / banding effective from 1 April 2019
- Proposed improvements to the LGPS
- Focus - February 2019
Focus Newsletter - November 2018
Contents:
- Fund's Annual General Meeting 2018
- Employer Focus Peer Group
- Fund's new website launched
- Budget - SCAPE discount rate change
- Focus - November 2018
Focus Newsletter - October 2018
Contents:
- Fund's Actuarial Valuation 2019
- Annual Employer Returns 2017/2018
- Pension Data 2018/2019
- Proposed Changes to the LGPS
- Focus - October 2018
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