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.
Section 1 contents
Introduction [PDF 24.4KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Annex 1A Contribution rates [PDF 13.5KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 1B ASLC rates [PDF 14.8KB] [Amended 2013]
- Annex 1C partnership contributions [PDF 12.4KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 1D Contact details [19.7KB] [Added April 2012]
Section 2 contents
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]
Section 3
Civil Service pension arrangements [PDF 156KB] [Updated July 2012]
Section 4
Your responsibilities when staff join [PDF 160KB] [updated December 2012]
- Annex 4A Pensions choices table for rejoiners from classic, classic plus or premium [PDF 20.3KB] [Updated April 2012]
- Annex 4B Text for letters of appointment [DOC 155KB] [Updated April 2013]
- 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]
- Pensions 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.
Section 5 contents
Your responsibilities when staff are in service[PDF 102 KB] [Updated January 2013]
- Annex 5A Model text for office notice or letters [PDF 12.4KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 5B The National Archives – Guidance on Records Retention [PDF 162KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 5C Maternity and ASLCs [PDF 18.0KB] [Added April 2012]
- Annex 5D Opting out process [PDF 25 KB] [Added December 2012]
Section 6
Your responsibilities when staff leave before pension age[PDF 102KB] [Updated Aug 2012]
- Annex 6A CSP Trans 1 form (staff transfer between employers where there is a change of MyCSP PSC) [DOC 96KB] [Added May 2012]
- Annex 6B OGDTF1 (replacing E18 form) (staff transferring to another employer covered by the CSP arrangements) [DOC 130KB] [ Added Oct 2012]
- Annex 6C Early Departure Scheme, Application for Cabinet Office Approval form [DOC 102KB] [Added May 2012]
- Annex 6D Exit Scheme Retirement Document [DOC 111KB] [Added May 2012]
- Annex 6E CSCS – step by step process for staff [DOC 124KB] [Added May 2012]
- Annex 6F CSCS December 2010 – Guidance for employers [PDF 108KB] [Updated Dec 2012]
- Annex 6G Actuarial buy out ready reckoner [PDF 39.3KB] [Added May 2012]
- Annex 6H Standard Tariff – Estimated cost of early exit table [PDF 21.5KB] [Added May 2012]
- Annex 6J Ill Health Retirement – Procedural Guidance for Employers [PDF153 KB] [Updated June 2012]
- Annex 6K Compensation Scheme Information Form (CSCS 1) [Added January 2013]
Section 7 contents
Your responsibilities when staff leave at or after pension age [PDF 235KB] [Updated January 2005]
Section 8 contents
PenServer [ PDF 288KB] [Updated February 2012]
Section 9 contents
Disputes, appeals and complaints [PDF 28.8KB] [Updated April 2012]
Section 10 contents
Making elements of pay pensionable [PDF 31KB] [Updated June 2012]
Section 11
Training and learning materials for you and your members – Under review
Section 12
Compulsory bulk transfers of staff [ PDF 66KB] [Updated July 2012]
- Annex 12A Form for commissioning work from Hewitt [PDF 20KB] [Updated July 2012]
- Annex 12B Useful addresses [PDF 13KB] [Updated July 2012]
Section 13
Resource account disclosure 2012-13 Please refer to EPN 359 and attachments in the EPN section .