A scheme employer’s responsibilities
This list covers your responsibilities as a Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) scheme employer even if you outsource your payroll to an external provider. Additionally, you also have to comply with HMRC and automatic enrolment rules.
Your responsibilities include:
- Informing employees about the LGPS
- Passing LGPS information to employees
- Dealing with employees who opt out
- Enrolling employees in the LGPS and deduct contributions
- Paying employee and employer contributions into pension fund
- Informing Hampshire Pensions Services of:
- new starters
- changes in personal details or employment for existing scheme members
- leavers
- Providing end of year information
- Setting and exercise discretions policies
We have created a Pension Administration Strategy (PAF) which sets out the relationship framework between the City of Westminster Pension Fund (COWPF) and its scheme employers so that together we can meet our statutory obligations for members.
The purpose of the PAS is to:
- Provide clarity on the key roles and responsibilities of COWPF and its employers.
- Set expectations and confirm the targets that COWPF and its employers need to work to.
- Help all parties to achieve regulatory compliance by providing a framework that is clear and user-friendly.
- Assist COWPF and its scheme employers in complying with The Pensions Regulator’s Codes of Practice.
- Complement procedures that help all parties to meet their data protection and data quality responsibilities.
- Help to ensure all parties provide the best possible service to scheme members and other relevant stakeholders.
Hampshire Pension Services also provide an employer’s manual which includes a comprehensive overview of the duties of a scheme employer. We ask that you familiarise yourself with its contents and use it for reference.
