Employer Resources

This guide sets out the requirements for Payroll sections in respect of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) 2015, effective from 1st April 2015

LGPS (Scotland) Payroll guide

i-Connect User Management Guide

This guide explains how to create user accounts on i-connect so that you can send information about your LGPS members to the Pension fund.

I-connect Payroll Extract File Specification

This guide provides a comprehensive understanding of the i-Connect payroll extract file specification, including each of the data items that must be submitted to the pension fund every pay period.

i-Connect MPP Payroll Extract File Specification

This guide provides a comprehensive understanding of the i-Connect multiple payroll provider (MPP) payroll extract file specification, including each of the data items that must be submitted to the pension fund every pay period.

i-Connect Highland Pension Fund Example File Format

This example file (excel) provides the formatting and data requirements for your i-Connect data load.

i-Connect File Upload Guide

i-Connect automatically identifies and sends information about new joiners, opt-outs and leavers, together with pay and contributions, to the pension fund. This guide explains how to upload a payroll extract file to i-connect. 

i-Connect Reporting Guide

As part of the data transfer process, i-Connect automatically produces several reports. You can also run some reports 'on demand'. This guide provides details of these reports.

i-Connect Online Return Guide

This guide explains how to use i-Connect to supply your employee data manually.

i-Connect Onboarding Guide

This guide explains the i-Connect onboarding process. Onboarding consists of two one off stages:

• Creating a payroll record

• Matching employee payroll records to pension records.

Automatic enrolment - Technical guide

This brief guide provides an outline of what employers who participate in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) are required to do to comply with their automatic enrolment legal duties.

More detailed guidance is provided by the Pensions Regulator (TPR) - links to that guidance are provided throughout this document.

Automatic enrolment - Template letters

This document contains template letters for employers to use when communication with their workforce about how they are affected by automatic enrolment.