You can use the information and guides on this page to help you work with the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
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Use the ESR best working practice guide (PDF: 122KB) to help you understand how to keep NHS Pensions records accurate in ESR.
Manage NHS Pension information in ESR
Read the Pensions section in the ESR User Manual on the ESR Hub to find out how ESR works with NHS Pensions and Pensions Online (POL). You'll need to be logged into ESR to access it.
The Pensions section explains:
- absence and the effect on pensions
- cyclic automatic pension re-enrolment
- ESR inbound interface (NHS Pensions to ESR)
- ESR outbound interface (ESR to NHS Pensions)
- ESR pension reporting
- managing errors for pensions auto enrolment and re-enrolment
- pension - how it works in ESR
- pension auto-enrolment
- pension auto-enrolment and re-enrolment letters
- pensions band reassessment
- stakeholder and local pension schemes
ESR reports
ESR produces reports to help you check pension data and fix errors. Read the guide to ESR-NHS Pensions interface reports (Fatal Errors/Warnings) (PDF: 451KB) for more information.