Employers' Guide
Leavers (teacher leaving current employment)
Contents
1. Definition of a leaver 2. Notifying Teachers' Pensions 3. Completing form TR8 4. Giving information to the member1. Definition of a leaver
A leaver is a person who ceases to employed by you.
A leaver is not a person who:
- changes from full-time to part-time employment;
- moves between establishments within the same employing authority;
- retires;
- dies in service; or
- opts out of the scheme
Where a teacher does not return to duty after maternity leave pensionable employment will be considered to have ceased at the end of the paid maternity leave.
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You must notify TP immediately of any teaching staff leaving your employment. You should do this at the time of the event by completing form TR8.
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The service details should provide information about any service since the submission of the last Annual Return. Provision is made for up to three lines of service for each teacher, but if further lines are required they may be entered in the next teacher's space (leaving the reference number and teacher's name details blank). A teacher's service details should not be continued on a separate form. If there are more than 3 service lines being entered for the last teacher then the complete entry for that teacher should start on a new form.
In completing form TR8 it is important that the following information is provided:
- Establishment name and number;
- Teacher's reference number;
- National Insurance Number;
- Teacher's surname; teacher's first names;
- Date of birth; and
- Service details (in the same manner as the Annual Return).
The employer should certify the information at the bottom of each form.
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Teachers leaving employment, but who are not retiring or moving immediately to a new post which could be pensionable under the TPS must be given the fact sheet Leaving Pensionable Employment. This leaflet contains important information about the options open to them.
Teachers who decide to opt out of the TPS should be provided with the opting out form which will make them aware of the benefits they are giving up. It may be possible for a teacher to submit an election to opt out of the scheme via My Pension Online (our secure website).
You should inform the teacher that more information can be found on our website and that they should keep TP informed through the website of any address or name changes. Please note: as some of the options must be exercised within time limits, teachers should be given a copy either immediately before or at the time of cessation of employment.
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