Archive

Our news archive is updated regularly with all the information you need to know about the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

December 2019

Survivor Benefits - Opposite-sex civil partnerships

Recent changes have been made to the Teachers’ Pensions Regulations (TPR) in relation to survivor benefits.

20/12/2019 | Employer News

Professional Skills Test to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

We’ve been asked by the Department for Education (DfE) to let you know that from 1 April 2020, the Professional Skills Test will be replaced by provider-led assurance of Fundamental English and Mathematics.

16/12/2019 | Employer News

Training in 2020

We’ll be sending you information on our upcoming training schedule for 2020 in the New Year.

16/12/2019 | Employer News

2019 successes and what's coming up in 2020

We’ve had another busy year at Teachers’ Pensions

16/12/2019 | Employer News

End of Year Certificate (EOYC)

The deadlines for the EOYC submission for both LA and non-LA employers has now passed.

16/12/2019 | Employer News

Contributions monthly breakdown forms

It’s important that monthly breakdown forms are provided each month for all payments made in respect of contributions.

16/12/2019 | Employer News

Employer helpline and Employer Relationship Manager contact details

We’d like to remind you when calling the Employer Helpline regarding MDC queries, that option five should be selected.

16/12/2019 | Employer News

Arrears of contributions

Recently, we’ve seen instances where invoices for arrears of contributions have been issued, and subsequently service lines have been updated to ’02’ status (non-pensionable service) without any explanation.

16/12/2019 | Employer News

Reporting of overtime

In order to ensure that your MDC submissions are accurate, please ensure that overtime is not included in the full-time annual salary for a member, but is provided separately in the overtime column of the MDC file.

16/12/2019 | Employer News

Changing your contact details via the Employer Portal

The New Year will see the availability of the Employer Contact Webform on the Employer Portal.

16/12/2019 | Employer News

Branding update

We previously asked you to take part in our branding survey to help us decide which creative route we should choose as part of a brand refresh in 2020.

16/12/2019 | Employer News

Monthly Contributions Reconciliation (MCR) hot topics – stop errors

One of the main changes to be introduced with MCR will be ‘stop errors’, which will result in your file submission being rejected, so it’s important to ensure that you’re minimising the risk of these occurring.

16/12/2019 | Employer News

Auto Enrolment Re Enrolment window

The Pensions Act 2008 places a requirement on every employer in the UK to enrol eligible jobholders into a workplace pension scheme. This is called 'Automatic Enrolment' and is a legal requirement. Every three years you need to ‘re-enrol’ all ‘eligible jobholders’ who are not active members of a workplace pension scheme (although some exceptions do apply).

16/12/2019 | Employer News

Seasonal opening hours during the festive period

Our Contact Centre and Employer Support Helpline will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day and will close at 3.30pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Normal opening hours, 8.30am–6.00pm, will resume from 2 January 2020.

16/12/2019 | Employer News