Buckinghamshire Traded Services

Local Government Pensions Scheme - Employer Responsibilities

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The Buckinghamshire Council (BC) Pensions Team is committed to offering a high-quality, professional level of service to our Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) customers.

As an employer, the Council has a statutory duty to provide accurate and timely pensions information to LGPS. The employer responsibilities listed below are automatically processed on behalf of Buckinghamshire maintained schools when the school uses BC for payroll services.

Elements of the Local Government Pensions Scheme for BC Maintained Schools that purchase BC payroll

Schools

(BC Payroll)

 

 

Notification to LGPS of new members joining the scheme

Yes

Notification to LGPS of a member leaving employment using form ‘Notification of Employee Leaving’

Yes

Processing potential retirees using the form ‘Notification of Employee Leaving’ and calculation sheet

Yes

Notification to LGPS of amendments to a members contribution level (50/50 scheme)

Yes

Respond to requests from LGPS for service, pensionable pay and contribution information for individuals  

Yes

Undertake and fulfill the duties of the statutory pension scheme and the assessment and enrolment activities required for compliance to Pension Auto enrolment (PAE). Including Re-enrolment activity

Yes

Processing of Opt out / Opt in notifications, for members who wish to join or leave the Scheme. Including the Opt out leavers form

Yes

Process and verify payroll reports at regular intervals ensuring that correct pension contributions are deducted 

 

Yes

Arrange for pension calculations for redundancy/efficiency cases to be completed

Yes

Keeping schools up-to-date with changes to LGPS Regulations and Guidelines

Yes

Guidance available to individual members on pensions matters (including absences)

Yes

Provide support with queries regarding BC’s Employer discretionary Policy

Yes

Provide support with queries in respect of the LGPS Employer responsibility

Yes

Produce and upload to LGPS, details of the monthly IConnect report which gives information of each employee’s service, salary and contributions.  Supply a summary to LGPS of the Monthly Contribution Breakdown paid over to LGPS by the deadline of the 19th of the month following deductions (or earlier if 19th is a non-working day), based on totals extracted from payroll 

Yes

Payment of the contributions to LGPS is processed through the BC’s finance system

Yes

Produce the Annual Contribution Summary Return (SUP52) for Schools. This information is put into a format compatible with LGPS requirements. Once approved the return is submitted to LGPS by the 30th April deadline

Yes

Produce end of year totals via the IConnect report included in the final submission in March.  The data is used by LGPS to update individual member records

Yes

Undertake and fulfill the duties of the statutory pension scheme and the assessment and enrolment activities required for compliance to Pension Auto enrolment (PAE). Including Re-enrolment activity

Yes

Deduction and payment of the members elected Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) with the 2 sponsored AVC providers

Yes

Provide support and guidance on annual benefit statements queries. Primary point of contact for pension estimates from members

Yes

Employers consent required for the early release of Deferred Pension Benefits for members who have left the Authority

Yes

Request for Ill health retirement for deferred members or members already in receipt of an ill-health pension Tier 3

Yes

Send LGPS Statutory Notices to members

Yes

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