Current employers
Employer guides, forms and newsletters
Employer newsletter
- March 2025 employer newsletter (PDF, 202 KB)
- February 2025 employer newsletter (PDF, 296 KB)
- January 2025 employer newsletter (PDF, 175 KB)
- December 2024 employer newsletter (PDF, 185 KB)
- November 2024 employer newsletter (PDF, 201KB)
- October 2024 employer newsletter (PDF, 185 KB)
Guides for LGPS employers
LGPS regulations and guidance
All the latest LGPS regulations and guidance.
Forms for LGPS employers
- New Entrant form 17 (DOCX, 50.5 KB)
- Notice of termination form (PDF, 156KB)
- Notification Of Changes (DOCX, 59.28 KB)
- Estimate request from Employer (DOCX, 86KB)
- Opt out form to be completed by Employer (DOCX, 51.6 KB)
- Annual Return Template 2019/2020 (XLS, 74KB)
- Employer guide to Ill health retirement in the LGPS (PDF, 2.6 MB)
Ill health medical certificates
The LGPS website provides guides, notes and useful information on ill health.
LGPS - Guides and sample documents
Current employee
Deferred employee
- Ill health certificate for a deferred beneficiary who ceased membership as an employee on or after 1 April 2014
- Ill health certificate for a deferred beneficiary who ceased membership as an employee between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2014
- Ill health certificate for a deferred beneficiary who ceases membership as an employee between 1 April 1998 and 31 March 2008
- Ill health certificate for a deferred beneficiary who ceased membership as an employee prior to 1 April 1998
Councillor certificates
- Ill health retirement certificate for current councillors
- Ill health retirement certificate for a deferred councilor member
Review certificates
- 3rd Tier ill health retirement review certificate for a current 3rd tier pensioner where the cessation of employment occurred after 31st March 2014 - review taking place 18 months after date of cessation of employment (and before normal pension age)
- 3rd Tier Ill health retirement review certificate for a suspended 3rd Tier pensioner where employment ended after 31st March 2014 - review taking place at members request whilst the 3rd tier pension is in payment OR within 3 years of the 3rd tier pension has been discontinued (before normal retirement age)
- 3rd Tier ill health retirement review certificate for a suspended 3rd tier pensioner where the cessation of employment occurred after 31 March 2014 - review taking place 3 or more years after the date of cessation of the 3rd tier pension (and before normal pension age)
- 3rd Tier ill health retirement review certificate for a suspended 3rd tier pensioner where the cessation of employment occurred before 1 April 2014 - review taking place 3 or more years after the date of cessation of the 3rd tier pension (and before normal retirement age)
