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Implementation of 2025 Local Government NJC pay award

6 August 2025

Following the announcement that the Local Government Services National Joint Council (NJC) 2025/26 pay award has been agreed and back dated to 1 April 2025, any members who have left or retired since 1 April 2025 will need their benefits recalculated using the revised pensionable pay. Find out what you need to tell us to recalculate their benefits.

We’ve launched a new online retirement estimates form

2 July 2025

Our new online retirement estimates form is now live. You can request an estimate for ill-health, flexible and redundancy or efficiency retirements.

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is now required for i-Connect users

13 June 2025

We’re rolling out multi-factor authentication (MFA) for i-Connect, to help keep the data you share with us safer.

All employers will be using MFA for i-Connect by the end of July 2025.

We’ve launched a new online retirement estimates form

2 July 2025

Our new online retirement estimates form is now live. You can request an estimate for ill-health, flexible and redundancy or efficiency retirements.

We’ve launched a new online leaver form

12 December 2024

We’ve launched a new digital leaver form. We've redesigned the process to make it easier for you when your employees leave their role or the pension scheme.

You can now complete all required information online, removing the need for paper forms.

Join other employers who are already using the online leaver form and benefiting from the new streamlined process today.

Ensure you receive our updates

11 December 2024

We want to keep you fully informed about process improvements and other relevant news, however, we have noticed an increase in email bounce backs. This means some of you may not be receiving our communications.

To ensure you stay informed about the latest news, we ask you to add our email address to your safe sender list. This simple step will help prevent our emails from being marked as spam, and ensure they reach your inbox.