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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.

Where employers receive public funding for staff costs, and that funding is continuing, it is expected that employers will use that money to continue to pay staff in the usual way and not furlough them. This includes Trusts, GP Practices etc. who…

The below guidance is for employers where employees are not furloughed, but have a temporary reduction in hours applied.  If an employee has a reduction in contractual hours (e.g. from whole-time to part-time) their pensionable pay will also reduce…

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, we have taken, and continue to take, proactive steps to ensure we support members, employers and colleagues. This has included introducing a number of easements and changes to processes to…

Following the Secretary of State for Health’s announcement of a new life assurance scheme for eligible frontline health and social care workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, information on the NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life…

NHS Pensions is continuing to receive these applications forms: The Consideration of Entitlement to Ill Health Retirement benefits (AW33E)  The Consideration of Entitlement for Early Payment of Deferred Benefits due to Ill Health (AW240) …

Pensions Online (POL) error handling has a facility for employers to submit a comment on an error, to the NHS Pensions Data Management Teams. Employers are asked to submit comments where additional information can be provided to enable NHS Pensions…

Further to the NHS Pensions and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) article in our June 2020 newsletter, HMRC has published further information as part of their business support during COVID-19, which confirms the way in which the furlough…