Employer meetings

Our employers meeting last year took place on 11 October at the Shirehall, Shrewsbury.

The meeting was aimed at finance, HR, and payroll staff dealing with LGPS issues. Presentations during the day covered a review of the last year, employer role and responsibilities, iConnect developments and the role of The Pensions Regulator.

If you missed the meeting, you can look at the presentation slides, or watch the recording now.

Our employers meeting in 2017 was held on Monday 9th October at the Shirehall, Shrewsbury. The meeting was aimed at finance, HR, and payroll staff dealing with LGPS issues. 

The presentation slides for the meeting are available if you would like to have a look. 

To view the video recordings of the presentation follow the links below:

• Welcome to your dedicated Employers Meeting
• Where has the time gone? Looking back over the last 12 months
• Employer data
• General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
• Pension Policies
• Annual Allowance and Lifetime Allowance

2016 was valuation year. The valuation process sets the employer contribution rates to be in place from 1 April 2017 until 31 March 2020.

10th November 2016- valuation results

To help employers understand how the actuary sets contribution rates and the assumptions that are used in the calculations, all employers were invited to an employers meeting for an update from the scheme actuary.

20th October 2015

Employers participating in the Shropshire County Pension Fund have responsibilities to meet the requirements of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) regulations.

The meeting covered a wide range of topics relevant for HR, Payroll and Finance staff, or anyone involved in LGPS issues in your organisations.

• Update from the Scheme Administrator 
• Valuation 2016 and Latest News 
• End of contracting out From April 2016 and outsourcing and the LGPS 
• The Local Government AVC in 2015 
• Pensions Taxation- Summer Budget 2015 
• CARE, Final Pay and Data Quality 
• Employer discretions policies in the LGPS 

27th March 2015- Outsourcing and the LGPS

To help understand the rules around outsourcing, the LGPS invited the fund actuary to provide some basic training to employers. The training was aimed at staff involved in outsourcing to help set up a clear and robust framework for dealing with outsourcings going forwards. This training was relevant for employers in the fund covered by Fair Deal and Best Value Staff Transfer Direction 2007.

14th January 2015

An employers’ meeting took place on Wednesday 14th January 2015 at the Shirehall, Shrewsbury.

You may also wish to take a look at the full presentation slides.