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Pensions Online (POL) downtime for October and November
POL will be available throughout October and November between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 23 October
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 October
Sunday 20 November
If…
Escalation processes
The Stakeholder Engagement Team email account is only to be used for escalations of serious ill health cases. For all other escalations, please contact the employers email account or helpline in the first instance.
If they are not able to resolve…
Pensions Online (POL) downtime for November
POL will be available throughout November between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 20 November
Saturday 26 November and Sunday 27 November
If we do need to bring…
New employer guides available
A new abatement basic overview guide for employers is now available on our website. The guide has been created to help employers understand when abatement applies for re-employed pensioners and how we calculate the figures.
A basic administration…
Submission of paper retirement benefit claim forms (AW8)
We are currently receiving a number of paper retirement benefit claim forms (AW8) for employers that do not have access to Pensions Online. However we are unable to process a large proportion of these due to the members’ records still being active…
Special Class and Mental Health Officer status
We’ve updated our guidance for each status and there are factsheets available for employers and members.
There are eligibility criteria for the employment groups that can automatically qualify and for circumstances where an application might be…
Member contribution changes on GP forms
To coincide with the changes to member contribution rates from the 1 October 2022, we have published a number of new GP forms for use from the 1 October. These include:
GP Locum Form A – for use from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023
GP Locum Form…
Revised employer Scheme access guidance for ARRS and PCN direct hires working on DES
New guidance is available for employers for direct hire Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) employees and direct hire Primary Care Network (PCN) employees working on the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Services (DES).
The guidance has…
Partial retirement update for employers - June 2023
We’re working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS Employers and NHS England to work through the new rules to allow members to take partial retirement from 1 October 2023 and help employers get ready for the change.
The…
Total Reward Statements / Annual Benefit Statements
The refresh of statements for this year is going according to plan, the pension calculations completed on schedule. The data has been passed to ESR for them to carry out the match and merge, and statement upload processes.
The aim is for the 2017…