Regulation 15 Employer contributions during absences

England and Wales

(1)

A Scheme employer must pay contributions on the assumed pensionable pay of an active member on child-related leave.

(2)

A Scheme employer must pay contributions in accordance with regulation 67(4) where an active member is absent from employment by reason of illness or injury.

(3)

When an active member goes on reserve forces service leave—

(a)

the Scheme employer must give the following information in writing to the member—

(i)

the assumed pensionable pay on which the member is liable to pay contributions in accordance with regulation 9 (contributions) or 10 (temporary reduction in contributions),

F1(ii)

details of the amount of any additional pension contributions to be paid by the member under regulation 16 (additional pension contributions) or regulation 17 (additional voluntary contributions) during reserve forces service leave,

(iii)

the rate of the employer's contribution, being the primary rate of the Scheme employer's contribution as adjusted by the secondary rate of that employer's contribution, as specified for the time being in the Scheme employer's current rates and adjustment certificate, and

(iv)

details of the member's appropriate administering authority;

(b)

employer contributions at the rate of the employer's contribution specified in the Scheme employer's rates and adjustment certificate are payable to the member's appropriate administering authority on the member's assumed pensionable pay F2....

F3(3A)

A Scheme employer must pay contributions on the lost pensionable pay of an active member on unpaid leave to which regulation 11(5) applies.

(4)

Where an active member—

(a)

on reserve forces service leave;

(b)

on child-related leave, which for this regulation includes any period of F4... F5, F6neonatal care leave, ... or parental bereavement leave F7... during which the member receives no pay;

(c)

absent from work due to illness or injury where regulation 14(1) (contributions during absence for illness etc) applies; or

(d)

absent from work with permission from the member's Scheme employer,

has an arrangement under regulation 16 (additional pension contributions) the employer contributions under regulation 16(2)(e) or (4)(d) (shared cost additional pension contributions) remain payable if that regulation applies.

F8(4A)

If an active member enters a QAPA in respect of a qualifying period of absence of three years or less, the member’s Scheme employer must pay contributions under regulation 16(2)(e) or (4)(d) (shared cost additional pension contributions) to meet the cost specified in regulation 16(8A)(b).

(4B)

If an active member enters a QAPA in respect of a qualifying period of absence of more than three years, the member’s Scheme employer—

(a)

must pay contributions under regulation 16(2)(e) or (4)(d) (shared cost additional pension contributions) to meet the proportion of the cost specified in regulation 16(8A)(b) which relates to the first three years of the absence, and

(b)

may pay contributions under regulation 16(2)(e) or (4)(d) to meet the remainder of the cost specified in regulation 16(8A)(b) (or any part of it).

F9(5)

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(6)

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(7)

In F10paragraph (4)(d) the expression “absent from work with permission” does not include an absence due to a trade dispute.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 15(3)(a)(ii) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 6(a)
F2: Words in reg. 15(3)(b) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/755), regs. 1(2), 6(b)
F3: Reg. 15(3A) inserted (1.4.2026) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Member Benefits) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/226), regs. 1(2)(d), 6(1)(a)
F4: Words in reg. 15(4)(b) omitted (1.4.2026) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Member Benefits) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/226), regs. 1(2)(d), 6(1)(b) (with reg. 6(2))
F5: Words in reg. 15(4)(b) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/354), regs. 1, 31(2)
F6: Words in reg. 15(4)(b) inserted (6.4.2025) by The Neonatal Care Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/201), regs. 1(2), 23(2)
F7: Words in reg. 15(4)(b) omitted (5.4.2015) by virtue of The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3255), arts. 1(3), 31(2)(a) (with art. 35(1))
F8: Reg. 15(4A)(4B) inserted (1.4.2026) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Member Benefits) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/226), regs. 1(2)(d), 6(1)(c)
F9: Reg. 15(5)(6) omitted (1.4.2026) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Member Benefits) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/226), regs. 1(2)(d), 6(1)(d) (with reg. 6(3))
F10: Words in reg. 15(7) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Member Benefits) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/226), regs. 1(2)(d), 6(1)(e) (with reg. 6(3))