Once you have successfully become a new employer under Dorset County Pension Fund (DCPF), within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), you will need to ensure that DCPF are provided with the best contact details for you, should we need to be in touch. As a Scheme Employer you will also need to draw up your employer policy on the LGPS discretions.
Contact Details
DCPF require a point of contact, address, email address and telephone number for our Employers Database and for any queries there may be regarding your Scheme members. Please would you complete and return the contact details form
Discretions Policy
As a Scheme Employer you will need to draw up your employer policy on the LGPS discretions. Here you can find a Discretions Template which you can utilise for this purpose if you wish. The template outlines those discretions that require a written statement and also suggests those where a written statement is not a requirement but would be advisable.
Further guidance on discretions can be found below:
and at www.lgpsregs.org