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2026
| January | Opt Outs – Employer Estimates and TUPE Reminder – Devon Assurance Partnership |
- 2025
December 2025 Christmas wishes December 2025 – Employer Meetings Special This is a special edition regarding our upcoming employer meetings, scheduled for late May November 2025 This edition includes: Christmas Opening Hours – Casual Employees – Access and Protections Consultation – Employer Training – HR Authorisation Forms October 2025 This edition includes: Pensions Dashboard, Member Addresses – Employer Audit September 2025 This edition includes: Casual Employees – Annual Employer Meetings – AVC Payroll Submissions – Revised Pensionable Pay Following Pay Award – HR Authorisation Forms September 2025 This is a special edition for Pension Awareness Week July 2025 This edition includes: Employer Reports – Devon Assurance Partnership – Reminder for TUPE’s – Employer Role Training – Returning Officers June 2025 This edition includes: Recent Employer Interface Audit – McCloud Member Webinar – Neonatal Care Leave and Pay – Term-time Membership – Employer Reports May 2025 This edition includes: Approved Independent Registered Medical Practitioner – Annual Allowance 24/25 – Employer Estimates – Employer Role Training – Prudential AVC Payroll Forum May 2025 – Special Edition This edition includes: Prudential AVC Payroll Forum May 2025 – Special Edition This edition includes: An introduction to our new Employer and Communications Lead – Gareth Shackler April 2025 This edition includes: Tier 1 Ill-health and Long Covid – New Form to Complete for Leavers Paying AVC’s – Employer Focus Sessions – Prudential Communications April 2025 – Special Edition This edition includes: A Farewell from our Employer and Communications Lead – Shirley Cuthbert March 2025 This edition includes: AVC Contribution Submissions – New process for revised leaver forms – DCC Financial Systems Change – McCloud Remedy Update – 25/26 Employee Contribution Bands – Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure (IDRP) – Employer Engagement – Annual Returns Reminder – National Minimum Pension Increase Age – Employer Role Training February 2025 This edition includes: Employer Reports – AVC Admin – Microsoft Teams – Employer Role Training Dates – DCC Financial Systems Change January 2025 This edition includes: An update on employer reports – Annual returns 24/25 – HR Authorisation form update – Redundancy pensions information – Employer data audit – 25/26 Employee contribution bands - 2024
Date Details December 2024 This Edition Includes: Christmas wishes – Employer meetings feedback – Prudential submission of AVC payments and payroll files – Outsourcing of services and TUPE staff – Devon fund new financial system – Local government association training events November 2024 This Edition Includes: Information about the employer meetings held earlier this month – Process for submitting revised leaver forms – Leavers information for casual employee’s – Devon fund employer payment of invoices information – Normal minimum pension age (NMPA) increase information – Teachers excess service update – Christmas closing times October 2024 – Special This Edition Includes: Information about our Annual Employer Pensions Meetings in November 2024. October 2024 This Edition Includes: A thanks to our Employers – Annual Employer Pensions Admin Meetings – November 2024 – Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure (IDRP) – EAS5 Form Update – DEVON FUND ONLY – Employer Pensions Discretions Policy – LGA Scheme Member Website – Tools and Calculators – TUPE and Outsourcing Services – Local Government Association Training available August 2024 This Edition Includes: Pension and Life Saving Association 2024 campaign – Pension Awareness Week July 2024 This Edition Includes: Revised Employer Decision Form (IHCURR2) – Employer Focus Sessions – Terminally Ill Employees – Save the Date – Returning Officers – Pay Your Pension Some Attention June 2024 This Edition Includes: Employer Focus Sessions – Returning Officers – Leavers Spreadsheet – Annual Returns – Pensions Mailboxes May 2024 This Edition Includes: Employer Focus Sessions, Employer Pensions Discretions Policy, Returning Officers, Ill Health Retirement Estimates May 2024 – Annual Allowance This Edition Includes: Annual Allowance April 2024 This Edition Includes: Employer Focus Sessions – Pensions Annual Return 23/24 – LGA Employer Training – New Webpages – Monthly Interface Template – Pension Admin Strategy Follow Up Meeting – Ill Health Retirements – Opt-Out Forms – Don’t Forget to March 2024 This Edition Includes: Changes to the Leaver’s Spreadsheet – HR Authorisation Forms – Clarification of Leap Year – Employee Contribution Rates Devon Pensions Administration Strategy Special This Edition Includes: Devon Pensions Administration Strategy March Special This Edition Includes: Pensions Monthly Interface Template February This Edition Includes: Update following consultation on the Pension Administration Strategy – Submission of Leaver Spreadsheet – 2024/25 Employee contribution bands – Employer Contribution rates for Academies and Multi Academy Trusts – Information required regarding member excess service for Transitional Protection changes – Providing Full Time Equivalent Pay – Leap year pay January This Edition Includes: Employer Estimates – Revised Leaver Forms – Pension Administration Strategy Consultation Update – HR Authorisation Forms – Annual Returns 2023/2024