Archive

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

September 2019

Optima Health replaces OH Assist

We've been informed by the Department for Education (DfE) that Optima Health will be taking over the responsibility to provide medical advisory services to support our ill health retirement applications from OH Assist.

30/09/2019 | Employer News

Guidance for reporting incidents (cyber attacks)

We'd like to remind you of the actions you need to take if you're made aware of a cyber attack that's happened to you.

27/09/2019 | Employer News

Retiring members

We’ve recently updated the wording for the Retiring Members file and the email that informs you of it.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

Monthly Data Collection (MDC) updates

We’ve had the MDC checklists in place for almost a year and although we’ve seen a great improvement in the amount of data submitted and corrections completed, there are still checklists which are not being addressed.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

Revision cases

There’s been a significant increase in the volumes of revisions in members service and/or salary. We’re prioritising the case processing and apologise in advance for any delays your employees are experiencing.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

Possible Missing Service for potential retirees

We’ve previously explained the importance of checking a member’s record when they’re coming up to retirement, in order to identify any missing service. Following feedback through Stakeholder groups we’ve reviewed the reminder process for possible missing service, which previously gave you ten working days to respond, to allow for additional time when a member isn’t imminently retiring.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

New Scheme factors

We’ve recently received new factors that are used in various calculations when member’s come to take their benefits or apply for flexibilities.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

Employer Portal security question & answer

As you can appreciate we need to ensure the safety of member’s data is as secure as possible, which is why all levels of security are important.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

Additional contributions funding for colleges

It’s been announced that further education colleges will receive an extra £100 million to help pay for increases in pension costs in 2020/21.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

Concurrent login issue

As you can imagine here at Teachers’ Pensions, to deal with the amount of employers we do, we need a large scale system to be able to store and amend member’s details. With any large scale system, issues can occasionally occur causing errors for those using it. In most cases the issue can be easily identified and quickly rectified, but in some cases the issues can take longer to fix.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

Monthly Contributions Reconciliation (MCR) update - Hot topics

We’ve recently updated the wording for the Retiring Members file and the email that informs you of it.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

McCloud update

A recent legal case brought by members of the Judicial and Firefighters’ pension schemes found that their schemes were discriminatory to members. This was on the grounds of age discrimination when the career average arrangement was introduced in 2015.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

Audited End of Year Certificate (EOYC) deadline

The deadline for EOYC submissions is fast approaching. Many thanks to those of you who have already submitted your return, but for those yet to please remember the deadline is 30 September 2019.

10/09/2019 | Employer News

Independent Schools consultation

​​​The Department for Education has published a consultation to seek your views on the Teachers’ Pension Scheme; specifically looking at the opportunities to change the rules for independent schools to allow for more flexibility in their participation in the Scheme.

10/09/2019 | Employer News