Devon County Council sent this bulletin at 25-02-2025 03:27 PM GMT
February 2025
Employer Reports
At present, we are sending out employer performance reports to those of you that currently have no outstanding information/queries pending to us.
We have also been considering the position with those employers that do have outstanding queries to respond to us on. Our systems team have confirmed that there have been great improvements with data provided on a monthly basis and the Employer & Communication team have been working with many of you to bring the outstanding queries up to date.
We really appreciate you working together with us to achieve this and going forward assuming this continues, it will mean that our member records will be up to date and accurate.
However, where engagement has been lacking with individual employers, we will be contacting them accordingly in March 2025, with information on the administration charges appropriate to those employers in line with the Pension Administration Strategy. To avoid receiving any charges in March, you will need to contact the Employer & Comms team to discuss outstanding cases without delay and work with us to get the information to us within an agreed timescale so that we can finalise any outstanding calculations for the members impacted.
AVC Admin
Just a quick message from Prudential, if you require help with your AVC admin, please use the following guide -
As part of DCC's efforts to enhance security, when using teams for calls, all anonymous and external users who are not signed in to a Microsoft account will be asked to complete a CAPTCHA screen before joining the call.
Make sure co-workers and employees are aware of this change to avoid any confusion.
Employer Role Training
Please see the following dates available for the LGPS employer training courses:
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.
Peninsula Pensions Great Moor House Bittern Road Sowton Industrial Estate Exeter EX2 7NL Tel: 01392 383200 Peninsula Pensions is provided by Devon County Council and is a shared service with Somerset Council
