Employers
This part of the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund website is designed to help anyone at employer level who administers the Local Government Pension Scheme. The pages will hopefully be helpful to both payroll and HR officers and many standard forms can be downloaded from these pages for use in notifying the Pension Team of such things as new starters, changes to membership conditions and leavers.
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Berkshire Pensions Newsfeed
8 February 2012
LGPS Pensions Increase confirmed
The 2012 pensions increase has been confirmed as 5.2% and will be applied from 9 April 20122 February 2012
LGPS Employee Contributions Bandings 2012/2013
The new LGPS employee contribution bandings for 2012/2013 have now been released. The new bandings apply from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013.
Early Retirement Costs - Factsheet
Download our latest factsheet containng guidance on the background and calculation of the employer cost in respect of early retirement.
Local Government Association media release 21 December 2011
A proposed way forward for reform of the Local Government Pension Scheme has been agreed.
As a result the local government trade unions and the LGA, with the Department for Communities and Local Government, will commence detailed negotiations in the New Year.
Please click here to read the full press release
Berkshire Pension Fund Annual Report and Accounts 2010/2011 published
Public Sector Pensions strike - 30 November 2011
If you are away from work without the permission of your employer due to being involved in a strike, your LGPS membership will show a break for any days that you are absent unless you pay contributions to avoid that break. The rate at which you have to pay contributions to avoid this break in membership is 16% of the pay that you would have received but for being on strike. This rate is set out in the scheme regulations and, as any strike period is unauthorised leave, your employer does not make a contribution.
If you wish to pay contributions for any strike period you need to notify your employer, in writing, within 30 days of returning to work (although your employer can extend this period at their discretion).
Absence due to a Trade Dispute -Factsheet available here
Auto-Enrolment
Further information on Auto-Enrolment available here
How to Find Us
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