ESFA as Guarantor of Academy Schools
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is the ultimate guarantor of academy schools. In light of this, The Sc...
Employer news
Payroll guide for AVCs
Do any of your employees pay Additional Voluntary Contributions? If so then it’s important for payments and payroll f...
Benefits of Pensions Dashboards
The Pensions Dashboard project had a reset last year and a new connection deadline for all pension schemes of 31st Oc...
Have you informed us about flexible retirement
From the age of 55, a member may be able to flexibly retire with your agreement. It is important to make sure that yo...
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Pensions Dashboard: Reminder that data matters
Most people will change jobs several times during their working life, meaning that they may have more than one pensio...
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Gender pensions gap research – call for volunteers
As part of the ongoing work that the Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) is doing on the gender pensions gap in the LGPS, the...
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Opting out of the LGPS
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is automatic in many cases, but a member may choose to cance...
Dealing with absences
There are many types of member absences that you'll be faced with as an employer. It's important you know how to deal...
Employee Contribution Bands – 2024/2025
The LGPS have released the 2024/2025 employee contribution bands for England and Wales, which will be effective from...
Ill health retirements - a reminder
An ill-health retirement allows a member to retire before their normal pension age due to ill health. You as the empl...
McCloud update August 2023
As a result of its recent industry consultation, the Government has confirmed that the 1 October 2023 deadline for th...
Change to strain factors used in early retirement calculations- August 2023
Following the actuarial valuation in 2022, our actuary Mercers have undertaken a review of early retirement strain co...
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