Correct allocation of retrospective pay or awards and recording of hours or sessions
Can all employers please ensure that any retrospective or backdated pay or awards (like the Clinical Excellence Award) are allocated to the correct pension year where pensionable, so that the correct figures are held by NHS Pensions.
Also, when completing the annual hours or sessions that a member has completed on the annual update, please can you ensure that this is the total annual hours or sessions worked and not the weekly total.
Example 1
Part-time worker 20 hours per week on annual update. The total number of pensionable hours worked would be 1,040.
Example 2
Part-time worker working 3/10 sessions on the annual update. The total number of sessions would be 156.
Placing the pay in the incorrect years and having the incorrect sessions or hours recorded can have an effect on annual allowance and overpayment of benefits for the member. It will also inflate the members TRS / ABS.
To amend previous years POL users can complete the SD55E to amend the previous years.
Non-POL users please email direction bodies with the new figures and the years that they are to be allocated to.