INFORMATION FOR COUNTY PAYROLL EMPLOYEES TAKING STRIKE ACTION

Members of the Local Government Pension Scheme who choose to strike will have a day less membership of the pension scheme for every day they are absent from work.

However regulations allow scheme members to elect to pay contributions to reinstate any days lost through industrial action.  The contributions currently due under the pension regulations are 16% of the pay you would have normally received but for your absence. 

Your manager will be asked to complete a return for HR Shared Service Centre (HRSSC) so that your pay can be adjusted, to take account of any absences.  In practical terms this probably means that any lost pay will be deducted the following month.

Following feedback the general view is that most members would wish to arrange for the pension contributions to be deducted.  Instead of each individual member being required to complete an election form to reinstate any lost days the Pension team is planning to deem all members who strike to have elected to repay their pension contributions.  If this is the case, you do not need to do anything as HRSSC will take the contributions at the same time as your pay is adjusted. 

If you do not wish pension contributions to be deducted automatically, you will need you complete form TD1 which can be printed via the link below. 

Form TD1 - Option not to make payment of pension contributions

Please be aware that you will not be able to revisit this decision once made. The Pension Team will also assume that you wish this decision to stand for all future absences for this dispute unless you inform the Pension Team in writing that this is not the case within 30 days of any further absences.

If you have any queries, contact Pension Services via any method shown on the home page.

Last Modified: 15/07/2008 16:38:44
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