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Non POL Update
Many thanks for those employers who have returned their Year End Spreadsheets for 2019/20 prior to the regulatory deadline on 31 May 2020.
We continue to process these spreadsheets and endeavour to complete our processing in time for the August…
Changes to Ask Us
You may notice some changes to the look and feel of our ‘Ask Us’ service on our website in the coming weeks.
The functionality of Ask Us and links will remain the same.
Extension of voluntary scheme pays 2018/19 deadline
The NHS Business Services Authority is sympathetic to the situation that NHS staff currently find themselves in during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and is keen to support members of the NHS Pension Scheme (England and Wales) who are front…
Marriage Certificates as Supporting Evidence
When accepting supporting documentation a NIKAH NAMA Muslim marriage certificate cannot be accepted as evidence of marriage. This unfortunately is not a legitimate certificate under UK law unless it is accompanied by a civil ceremony certificate.…
Submitting FIN9 Finance Forms
The NHS Pensions Finance team is now processing Initial Widow Pension (IWP) claims paperless and therefore require the FIN9 claim form in a PDF format for audit purposes and with a view to eliminating fraud.
Please send the FIN9 claim form via…
Extending the leaving date on ESR due to annual leave
When an employee is leaving or if they die in service with outstanding annual leave to be paid, this is classed as pensionable service. The pension leaving date should reflect the date that the annual leave is paid up to.
In ESR this should be…
Further update on 2021/22 NHS Pension Scheme employer contribution rates
Further to the announcement in our January edition of the Employer Update, that the transitional arrangement for the increase of employer contributions will continue during 2021/2022, it has been confirmed that this arrangement will continue for…
Using the employer pensions scan query email account
During COVID-19 we have introduced a number of measures and easements to support employers at this time.
One of these was a new email account for employers to send certain forms to where other methods are no longer suitable.
Recently the team…
New process for non-POL employers requesting changes to information
As per the last pensions update explaining the removal of the paper AW171, we wanted to confirm the process for non-POL employers requesting changes to information.
Instead of sending in the AW171, all non-POL employers will now need to submit the…
Total Rewards Statement/Annual Benefit Statements – Mid Year refresh
The process of the mid-year refresh has started and member details up to 8 October will be used for the refreshed statements. Any amendments to member details from 9 October will be included in the annual refresh in 2022.
We expect the mid-year…