The EPG tells you what you, as an employer, need to know about Civil Service pension arrangements, and your responsibilities in delivering the arrangements to your staff.
The EPG should be read in conjunction with Employer Pensions Notices (EPNs), which update the guide. As sections of the guide are reprinted, changes introduced in EPNs will be incorporated into the EPG.
- Introduction [PDF 24.4KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Roles and responsibilities [PDF 28.6KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Annex 2A-1 Accounting Officers Certificate (AOC) [PDF 18.3KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 2A-2 AOC Checklist [PDF 58.0KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 2A-3 AOC Supplementary Questions – Closed scheme [PDF 14.2KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 2A-4 AOC – Evidence examples [PDF 14.2KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 2B 2012 Participation Agreement [PDF 137.0KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 2C Diagram to show relationships between MyCSP, employers and SME (PDF 11.89KB][Added April 2012]
- Civil Service pension arrangements [PDF 156KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Your responsibilities when staff join[PDF 114KB] [updated April 2012]
- Annex 4A Pensions choices table for rejoiners from classic, classic plus or premium [PDF 20.3KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Annex 4B Text for letter of appointments after April 2012 (or) Annex 4B Text for letter of appointments before April 2012
- Annex 4C New entrant and rejoiner processes [PDF 29.1KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Annex 4D Casuals/FTAs employed after 30 July 2007 and whose contracts are subsequently renewed [PDF 21.2KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Annex 4E Calculating partnership contributions [PDF 17.7KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Annex 4F Web based scheduling [PDF 33.3KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 4G Partial retirement (originally issued in EPNs 199, 204, 221 and 254) [PDF 87.9KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 4H partnership pension account status codes [PDF 10.8KB] [Added April 2012]
- Pension questionnaire and Rejoiner calculator This calculator enables you to identify pensions eligibility and the correct Starter Pack and Letter of Appointment texts to use for new entrants. To use the calculator you will need their completed Pensions Questionnaire.
- Annex 4A Pensions choices table for rejoiners from classic, classic plus or premium [PDF 20.3KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Your responsibilities when staff are in service [PDF 84.4KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Your responsibilities when staff leave before pension age – Under revision
- Annex 6J Ill Health Retirement – Procedural Guidance for Employers [PDF153 KB] [Updated May 2012]
- Your responsibilities when staff leave at or after pension age [PDF 235KB] [Updated January 2005]
- PenServer [ PDF 288KB] [Updated February 2012]
- Disputes, appeals and complaints [PDF 28.8KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Making elements of pay pensionable [PDF 136KB] [Updated March 2006]
- Training and learning materials for you and your members [PDF 40KB] [Updated June 2008]
- Compulsory bulk transfers of staff [PDF 174KB] [Updated April 2009]
- Resource account disclosure 2010-11 Please refer to EPN 327 and attachments in the EPN section .
If you would like copies of the EPG, require it in an alternative format, or have any comments or suggestions for future editions of the Employers’ pension guide, please e-mail: mycsp.basingstoke@dwp.gsi.gov.uk