Local government pension scheme (LGPS) employer

  1. Open the required company.

  2. Go to Pensions.

    If you have not added any schemes, this page is blank.

    the Add a New Pension Scheme screen with Create a Pension Scheme button
  3. Select Create a Pension Scheme, otherwise select + Add New.

  4. Select Manually Enter Details.

    Manually enter detials

  5. Enter a Provider Name and change the Worker Group Name if required.

  6. Keep Qualifying Scheme selected.

  7. Select Create Scheme.

    Enter a provider name and select create scheme

  8. Go to Pension Rule and select Net Pay Arrangement Employees only get Tax Relief. The deduction is made after the NI is caculated but before tax is caculated..

    If you select Update Pension Scheme before completing all the steps, it will have to be entered again.

  9. Select Provider.

  10. Go to CSV Format and choose from:

    • LGPS Civica UPM.

    • LGPS iConnect.

    You can find contact information on the LGPS website. External website

  11. Enter:

    • Portal: The employee portal for the pension provider.

    • Website: This can be the same as the portal, or you may use the LGPS Members website https://www.lgpsmember.org

    • Telephone: This is the telephone number for members to contact the pension fund.

  12. Select the region.

    • England

    • Northern Ireland

    • Scotland

    • Wales

    • Outside of the UK

    • United Kingdom

  13. Select Worker Groups and select Default Group.

    The first worker group must be Teachers Pension England & Wales.

    If you have any AVCs or added years, create additional worker groups. Go to Worker Groups and choose +New Worker Group.

  14. Go to Contribution Level Type and choose:

  15. Select Update.

    Check the pension rule is set to Net Pay Arrangement.

  16. Select Settings.

  17. Go to Pension Rule and select Net Pay Arrangement.

  18. Go to Administrator and enter the Contact Name, Telephone number, Email, and postal Address.

  19. Select Update Pension Scheme.