*If you are employed by an admission body, you can only join if your employer nominates you for membership of the scheme. An admission body is an employer that chooses to participate in the scheme under an admission agreement. These tend to be employers such as charities and contractors. ** If you start a job in which you are eligible for membership of the LGPS you will be brought into the scheme if your contract of employment is for 3 months or more. If it is for less than 3 months and you are, or during that period become, an Eligible Jobholder you will be brought into the scheme from the automatic enrolment date (unless your employer issues you with a postponement notice to delay bringing you into the scheme for up to a maximum of 3 months) or, if your contract is extended to be for 3 months or more or you opt to join by completing an application form, you will be brought into the scheme from the beginning of the pay period after the one in which your contract is extended or you opt to join. Check your payslip deductions to make sure you are in the scheme. Want to know more? This leaflet a brief outline of the scheme that applies from 1 April 2015. If you want to know more about the scheme, or if you have membership in the scheme before 1 April 2015 and want to know how benefits built up before then are worked out, you can get more information from administering authorities to insert their own information. And you can get a full scheme guide from administering authorities to insert their own information. This leaflet is for employees in Scotland and reflects the provisions of the LGPS and overriding legislation at the time of publication in April .The Government may make changes to overriding legislation and, after consultation with interested parties, may make changes in the future to the LGPS. This leaflet is a guide to the scheme and cannot cover every personal circumstance. In the event of any dispute over your pension benefits, the appropriate legislation will prevail. This leaflet does not confer any contractual or statutory rights and is provided for information purposes only.
*If you are employed by an admission body, you can only join if your employer nominates you for membership of the scheme. An admission body is an employer that chooses to participate in the scheme under an admission agreement. These tend to be employers such as charities and contractors. ** If you start a job in which you are eligible for membership of the LGPS you will be brought into the scheme if your contract of employment is for 3 months or more. If it is for less than 3 months and you are, or during that period become, an Eligible Jobholder you will be brought into the scheme from the automatic enrolment date (unless your employer issues you with a postponement notice to delay bringing you into the scheme for up to a maximum of 3 months) or, if your contract is extended to be for 3 months or more or you opt to join by completing an application form, you will be brought into the scheme from the beginning of the pay period after the one in which your contract is extended or you opt to join. Check your payslip deductions to make sure you are in the scheme. Want to know more? This leaflet a brief outline of the scheme that applies from 1 April 2015. If you want to know more about the scheme, or if you have membership in the scheme before 1 April 2015 and want to know how benefits built up before then are worked out, you can get more information from administering authorities to insert their own information. And you can get a full scheme guide from administering authorities to insert their own information. This leaflet is for employees in Scotland and reflects the provisions of the LGPS and overriding legislation at the time of publication in April .The Government may make changes to overriding legislation and, after consultation with interested parties, may make changes in the future to the LGPS. This leaflet is a guide to the scheme and cannot cover every personal circumstance. In the event of any dispute over your pension benefits, the appropriate legislation will prevail. This leaflet does not confer any contractual or statutory rights and is provided for information purposes only.
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