Employer training

Hampshire Pension Services are committed to working in partnership with Scheme Employers and offer a number of different employer training, workshops and focus groups. Sessions are currently being delivered remotely through Microsoft Teams.

There is no charge for attending and sessions are interactive, friendly and informal. There's plenty of time to ask questions and test your understanding.

Annual Return and Pensionable Pay Workshop

Hampshire Pension Services provide Annual Return workshops each year to Employers to help them with their annual submission. The topics covered are:

  • the requirements for your annual return submission, and how to complete it
  • the importance of annual returns and how they can impact you as an LGPS employer
  • the principles of pensionable pay which relate to the annual returns submission, such as how to calculate Full-Time Equivalent (FTE), Assumed Pensionable Pay (APP), and Final Pay figures

Please visit the annual returns area on our Employer pages for more information.

LGPS and Pensionable Pay Workshops

The sessions cover the day-to-day LGPS administration that employers are likely to encounter and are a good introduction to the LGPS or a useful refresher if it has been a while since you attended the workshops. Employers can book onto as many or as few of the sessions as they wish.

The sessions are useful for employers and staff in all kinds of roles, including:

  • Payroll departments – deducting contributions, calculating pay, working with HR
  • HR departments – taking on staff, setting policies, authorising absences and retirements
  • Users of external HR or payroll providers – to understand what you're asking of them and making sure there are no gaps in processes
  • HR & Payroll providers – understanding what's being asked of you

If you work for a small employer, you might do all of these jobs.

Slides from our latest workshops:

November 2024
Workshop Date Time Format Sign up Link
Employer HUB Demonstration 01 November 2024 11am Online Sign up here
Employers in the LGPS, Starters and Opt Outs 11 November 2024 2pm  Online  Sign up here 
Leavers and Retirements, including Starter, Leaver and Estimate Forms  13 November 2024 2pm  Online  Sign up here 
 APC’s, Absences, Paying in More, Paying in Less 14 November 2024   3pm Online  Sign up here 
 Discretions and Disputes (IDRPs) 20 November 2024  10am  Online  Sign up here 
Organisation Changes (Outsourcing, Mergers, Change of Payroll) 21 November 2024 2pm  Online  Sign up here 
*NEW* Bulk Starters -  completing a bulk joiner spreadsheet 22 November 2024 10am  Online  Sign up here 
 Pensionable Pay  25 November 2024 2pm  Online  Sign up here 
 Employer Hub Demo 29 November 2024  2pm  Online  Sign up here