New Starters

It is the employer's responsibility to inform all new, eligible employees about the LGPS, advise them they will be automatically (contractually) enrolled and to notify the Wiltshire Pension Fund of member's details as outlined on the starter form or spreadsheet.

For i-Connect users, i-Connect will provide all starter information required follow submission of the relevant monthly submission and no starter form or spreadsheet is required.

What do I need to do?

If the employee is eligible to be contractually or automatically enrolled or if they are eligible to join the Pension Scheme and they opt in, you need to:

• Provide the employee with information about the Pension Scheme within 6 weeks of starting (or within 2 months if you auto-enrolment staging date has not yet passed) - note these deadlines are legal requirements. We suggest you reference the Pension Scheme and give a link to the member section our website within your initial correspondece with the new employee.
• Inform the employee of the contribution rate they will pay and start deducting employee and employer contributions.
• Send us a starter form or spreadsheet for each new job an employee starts (unless your employer uses i-Connect, in which case this will happen automatically when you send us your monthly returns)

Which employees are eligible?

Eligibility to join the Pension Scheme varies significantly depending on your type of employer and on which employees can and cannot be contractually or auto-enrolled.

For full details of eligibility, please go to the eligible employees section.

Any problems?

Please contact us on 01225 713613 or email us on pensionenquiries@wiltshire.gov.uk