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If you are a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) who are taking on a new academy or you are an admitted body with a new contract pending, separate data needs to be kept for the different contracts/academies and we will confirm the new employer number when we have everything in place.
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 Please do not pay any contributions or provide pensions data using existing employer numbers.
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As administrators of the Devon and Somerset Pension Funds, Peninsula Pensions is legally required to have a formal complaints procedure known as IDRP which places strict obligations on both scheme employers, administering authorities and Peninsula Pensions.
The IDRP is a formal procedure which is in place to resolve disagreements about decisions taken regarding LGPS pension matters. The process is in two stages:
- Stage 1 complaint relating to employer pension responsibilities ie ill health tier awarded is looked at by your nominated IDRP Stage 1 Appeals Officer.
- Stage 2 is looked at by The Administering authority nominated officer.
More information on the process can be found on our website
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 Regulations state that you must appoint a person to consider appeal cases at Stage 1 of the IDRP so if you haven’t already, please confirm who that is via our online form.
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Just to remind you that members cannot remain in the LGPS once they reach age 75. We currently send out a list to employers each month with any members who are approaching age 75 or over with details of what you need to do but please do not rely on this list to take action - it’s important that you have the ability to identify these members yourselves.
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In line with the LGPS regulations, please ensure that members are informed and brought out of the scheme before their 75th birthday or on the eve of their 75th birthday at the latest and arrange for a leavers spreadsheet to sent to us.
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 This autumn, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) are teaming up again to call on the public to pay their pension some attention.
Pension Engagement Season starts with Pension Awareness Week (PAW) from 11-15 September 2023. The Pay Your Pension Some Attention campaign will officially launch the week commencing 18th September. We will update you as we know more.
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This year’s personal benefit statements have now been published on line for our active members. Postal versions have been sent to pre 1 April 2015 members who opted out of Member Self Service.
For those members where data is missing/under review we have contacted those individuals directly explaining the reason.
The Local Government Association (LGA) have recently published ill health retirement bitesize training. This free, interactive training is aimed at employers and covers the ill heath retirement process including the criteria, the decision-making process and the benefits payable. There are separate courses covering active members and deferred members. You can find the ill health retirement bite-size training on the employer bite-size training page of www.lgpsregs.org
The LGA have also published Employer strike FAQs to cover the common questions that employers ask when an LGPS member takes strike action. You can find the strike action FAQs on the employer guides and documents page of www.lgpsregs.org
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Keep us updated with any changes in staff responsible for completing our forms (authorised signatories). This can be done by completing our online form.
Payment of Pension Fund Contributions - please remember to inform us and the relevant Finance team each time you have paid your pension scheme contributions, by filling in the Monthly Contributions Form.
If you are changing your Payroll Provider, please contact the Employer & Communications Team so that we can help you through the process and make sure you retain access to historical payroll information.
TUPEs & New Academies - Please do not complete the leaver spreadsheet if members are leaving your employment and transferring to another employer under TUPE. Follow the process outlined on our website instead.
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Peninsula Pensions
Great Moor House
Bittern Road
Sowton Industrial Estate
Exeter EX2 7NL
Tel: 01392 383000
Peninsula Pensions is provided by Devon County Council and is a shared service with Somerset County Council |
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