Scheme Booklet
Guide to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
To make it easier for you to find the information that you are looking for, the Guide has been split into a number of leaflets which cover a range of subjects. There are thirteen in all including a glossary and a brief description is given with the link to the leaflet. If you cannot find the information you need please contact us. Our contact details are given in each leaflet and on our home page.
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- 1. About the leaflets and the LGPS
- 2. Your pensions choice and joining the LGPS
- 3. Transferring pension rights into the LGPS
- 4. Arrangements for Leave of Absence including parental leave
- 5. Increasing your benefits by paying additional contributions
- 6. Leaving your job/the LGPS before retirement
- 7. Life cover - protection for your family
- 8. Your LGPS retirement benefits
- 9. Pensions and divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership
- 10. Tax controls and your LGPS benefits
- 11. Help with pension problems
- 12. If you joined the LGPS before 1 April 2008
- 13. Some terms used in the Guide
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