Employers Help
Employers Help
If you do not have login details, please contact the colleague who acts as your main Greater Manchester
Altair Users
We have provided help with the subjects most asked about by our Altair users.
Details of members' addresses and hours can be updated through your i-Connect submission, but you can update them between submissions on Altair if needed. Please ensure they are then also updated on your next i-Connect submission.
Address changes and service breaks can also be sent via the P5s spreadsheet.
Authorisation & the employers' website
You must have at least one officer authorised to deal with pension administration. Learn More
Take overall responsibility for contact with GMPF on a day to day basis.
Ensure all queries to your organisation are dealt with quickly or escalated where necessary.
Keep the list of other authorised contacts up to date.
Have a good understanding of the Pensions Administration Strategy (PAS) and the LGPS regulations.
Be the employer administrator (superuser) for the employers' area of the website; create and managing additional users.
Contribution Rates
Employers and members pay contributions towards the cost of providing pension benefits payable under the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Employer contribution rates
Employer contributions are paid based on members' pensionable pay, including any assumed pensionable pay.
Member contribution rates
Each year, you must apply the correct contribution rate for each of your members based on the latest contribution table.
Update Employer Contact Details
Submit and confirm your organisation's current employer contact information securely.
Other Links
Pensions Administration Strategy
The aim is to make sure both the administering authority and our employers are fully aware of their responsibilities under the LGPS regulations, and to identify acceptable levels of performance.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
GMPF determines the purposes for and the manner in which personal data is to be processed means that we are considered to be a data controller under GDPR.
Encrypting Documents
There are many ways to encrypt documents, however not all are secure, and we only support AES-256 encryption on zip files, with WinZip and 7-Zip.