Duties - General. The main duties of the Employing Authority as set out in the LGPS Regulations are: To decide who is eligible to become a member of the LGPS and the date from which membership commences. To decide whether that person is employed in a full time, part time, variable time or a casual capacity. If the employee is part time the Employing Authority must also determine the proportion which the employee’s contractual hours bear to the hours of a comparable full time employee. To determine an employee’s pay for the purposes of calculating pension contributions. To determine the rate of employee contribution to be deducted from the employee’s pensionable pay and where the employee holds more than one post, the rate that should be applied to each post. To calculate final pay and career average pay for the purposes of calculating benefits due from the Scheme. When a person leaves the LGPS, to determine the reason for leaving and inform the Scheme Administrator. To supply timely and accurate information to the Scheme Administrator to enable the correct calculation of benefits payable from the Scheme To collect, pay over to Lambeth Council and account for the deduction of the correct rate of pension contributions payable by both the employee and employer. When receiving notification about an election to pay additional voluntary contributions (AVC's), the employer must deduct the correct amount from the members pay and pay the contributions to the AVC provider. When receiving a notification of an employee's election to pay Additional Pension Contributions (APCs), the employer will deduct these from the member’s salary and pay them to Lambeth Council with the monthly contribution returns. To advise pension scheme members that they have a right to appeal under the Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure (IDRP) if they are unhappy about any decision made under the pension scheme rules. To appoint an Adjudicator for the purposes of applications for adjudication of disagreements under IDRP. To use an independent medical officer qualified in occupational health medicine (who has been approved by Lambeth Council) for making decisions about ill health retirements. The above is a summary of the main duties of an Employing Authority under the Scheme Regulations. In the event of doubt the LGPS Regulations must be consulted for clarification. For the sake of administrative convenience: Based on information supplied by the Employing Authority (either on a new...
Duties - General. The main duties of the Scheme Employer are:
