Employer meetings
These pages are for employer use only. Member information can be found on the home page.
On this page we will provide details of all upcoming employer meetings and information about previous meetings.
Employers' Meeting 2025
The meeting featured an insightful presentation from our actuary, Mercer, on the 2025 actuarial valuation.
If you were unable to attend the meeting, you can now access the recording of the session and presentation slides from our pension administration manager and Mercer.
Mercer have also compiled a handy FAQ document, which may answer any questions you may have.
We value your feedback! If you attended this year’s meeting, please take a moment to complete our feedback form and share your thoughts.
Employers' Meeting 2024
On Thursday 14 November, we held our 2024 Employers' Meeting. This year’s meeting was presented by representatives from our actuary, Mercer, who provided information to employers on important topics such as the valuation and accounting.
The 2024 meeting was separated into two sessions, which allowed us to provide tailored information to both scheme employers and academies.
The presentation slides from this year's meeting are now available for you to browse.
Recordings of both sessions will be available to watch soon. We will let you know when these will be available to view.
If you were able to attend this year's meeting, we would appreciate any feedback. Please fill in our 2024 feedback form online. The form will only take a few minutes to complete, and your thoughts can help us to improve our Employers' Meeting for the future.
Employers' Meeting 2023
The meeting featured a presentation from our actuary, Mercer, on the implementation of McCloud.
The slides and recording for the meeting are now available for you to view:
If you were able to attend this year's meeting, we would appreciate any feedback. Please fill in the feedback form online.
Employers' Meeting 2022
The meeting featured a presentation from our actuary, Mercer, on the actuarial valuation for 2022.
The slides and recording for the meeting are now available for you to view:
If you were able to attend this year's meeting, we would appreciate any feedback. Please fill in the feedback form online.
Employers' Meeting 2021
The meeting featured a presentation from our actuary, Mercer, on the initial thoughts on the upcoming 2022 actuarial valuation – this is the exercise which sets your employer contribution rate for the next three years. The actuary covered:
- The background to the valuation (what it is and why we do it)
- The outlook for future employer contributions in general terms, including commentary on impact of key events e.g. Covid-19 and McCloud
- Overview of process/timings
The slides for the meeting are now available and you can view them by clicking here.
Employers' Meeting 2020
Employers' Meeting 2019
The slides and recording of the meeting are available to view:
Employers' Meeting 2018
Our employers meeting last year took place on 11 October at the Shirehall, Shrewsbury.
The meeting was aimed at finance, HR, and payroll staff dealing with LGPS issues. Presentations during the day covered a review of the last year, employer role and responsibilities, iConnect developments and the role of The Pensions Regulator.
If you missed the meeting, you can now watch the recording: Employers' Meeting 2018 and view the presentation slides.
Employers' Meeting 2017
Our employers meeting in 2017 was held on Monday 9th October at the Shirehall, Shrewsbury. The meeting was aimed at finance, HR, and payroll staff dealing with LGPS issues.
The presentation slides for the meeting are available if you would like to have a look.
To view the video recordings of the presentation follow the links below:
Employers' Meeting 2016
2016 was valuation year. The valuation process sets the employer contribution rates to be in place from 1 April 2017 until 31 March 2020.
10th November 2016- valuation results
To help employers understand how the actuary sets contribution rates and the assumptions that are used in the calculations, all employers were invited to an employers meeting for an update from the scheme actuary.
You may wish to take a look at the full presentation slides.
