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Update on proposed government changes to public service pension schemes
The Court of Appeal ruling on 'protection', known as the McCloud Judgment
In April 2015, the government put into effect reforms to all main public service pension schemes.
The reforms that took place in 2015 did not apply to those closest to…
Final Pay Control update
Following the article in September’s Newsletter introducing the FPC1 form, we are pleased to report this has helped reduce the number of invoices going out to employers and helped prevent charges being over/under stated based on the information you…
Update on introduction of member contributions changes
Following a consultation earlier this year regarding changes to member contributions that will be implemented from 1 October 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has recently consulted on proposals for how the pensionable earnings…
Exhibitions
In May we had an exhibition stand at the Royal College of Nursing Congress Exhibition 2019, held in Liverpool. We were overwhelmed with the interest we received during the three days. All in all, we engaged with around 400 members of the NHS Pension…
Service Improvement and Development Board
The Service Improvement and Development (SID) board takes place quarterly and is attended by the chairs of the Regional Employer Groups. The group was set up following the introduction of the administration levy and provides a platform for employers…
Changes in how the Data Management Team requests information from employers for data queries
We suspended several steps in the data escalation process whilst we dealt with COVID-19 as we felt from an employer's and a Pension Team perspective, we all made significant adjustment to ways of working. The timeframes were lapsed and we stopped…
Public service pension schemes: changes to the transitional arrangements to the 2015 schemes - information on the consultation for employers
In 2015 the government implemented reforms to all main public service pension schemes. Public service pensions are some of the most generous pension schemes available, rewarding those who dedicate their working lives to public service.
The…
Changes to member contributions payroll provider briefing pack
We recently shared with you an updated requirements document for payroll providers, setting out the system changes that will need to be made by your payroll provider by 1 October 2022 for the implementation of changes to member contributions. This…
The NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales - proposed changes to scheme regulations 2019
An email went out to all employers on 5 March 2019 highlighting the proposed changes which were outlined in a consultation document released by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
We have highlighted below the main changes that will be…
Special Class status (SCS) – Retention of SCS for Managers
A number of cases have recently been identified where employers have incorrectly recorded individual managers as having automatic entitlement to SCS (i.e. Capacity Code = 01, Nurse with Special Class status when the Capacity Code should be 04 –…