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Maternity, Paternity and Family leave
Congratulations, you're a parent! But what does that mean for your pension? Find out here.
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If you work part-time, you’re treated in the same way as a full-time member.
All your periods of service, both full and part-time, are added together when calculating if you have qualified for benefits. In career average your benefits are based on 1/57th of your earnings, the same as full-time members.
If you die in service while in the career average scheme a death grant of three times your annual rate of pensionable earnings (if you were employed full-time) is payable at the time of your death (the same as a full-time member).
If you had past service in the final salary scheme, this was calculated using your full-time equivalent salary rates and not your part-time salary.
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Family leave covers absence due to maternity leave, paternity leave and adoption leave. To be pensionable you must be receiving at least half your salary or statutory pay; or if you’re on sick leave, at least half your salary in respect of that employment.
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Provided you’re receiving at least half your salary or Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) your leave will be classed as pensionable employment. If you don’t, then that period won’t be counted as pensionable.
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Yes, KIT days are pensionable if you are being paid at least half pay or statutory parental pay.
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Yes, shared parental leave is pensionable if you are being paid at least half pay or statutory parental pay.
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Your pensionable employment will be considered to have stopped at the end of your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) or once you’ve stopped receiving any pay. You’ll then be treated as a deferred member of the Scheme.
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