Automatic Enrolment and Me

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Welcome to Merseyside Pension Fund. You have been directed to this page by your employer, because you either:
 
  • are unsure how Automatic Enrolment affects you and want further information
  • don’t currently pay into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and want to know how to start paying
  • have decided that you do not want to be in the pension scheme and want to know how to stop paying
 
For an easy to understand explanation of what it’s all about and an election form to join the LGPS, please click here.
 
If you are not already a member and would like a Brief Guide guide to the LGPS, please click here.
 
If you are happy that you understand what Automatic Enrolment means to you and you have made up your mind that membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme is not for you, please click here.
 
 
Automatic re-enrolment
 
When LGPS employers reach their automatic re-enrolment date every 3 years, they must automatically re-enrol any eligible jobholders who are not currently members of the LGPS.
 
Employers must notify all employees who are being automatically re-enrolled within 6 weeks telling them that they are being automatically enrolled, the automatic enrolment date and that they have the right to opt out.
 
If you have received notification from your employer about being re-enrolled into the LGPS and you wish to opt out of membership, please click here.
 
PLEASE NOTE:
You can only opt out of being automatically re-enrolled from the automatic enrolment date NOT from a date before.