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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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...
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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Annual allowance and lifetime allowance changes
Changes to pensions tax limits were announced in the Chancellor’s Spring budget on 15 March 2023. They affect the two...
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Guidance on special severance payments
On 12 May 2022, the MHCLG (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) published statutory guidance on spe...
Payroll and HR guides updated
The HR and Payroll guides produced by the Local Government Association (LGA) covering HR and payroll issues for LGPS...
