Archive

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

March 2018

Survivor’s benefits in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme

Following the Government’s consideration of the implications for public service pension schemes of the Walker v Innospec case, regulatory changes will be introduced.

29/03/2018 | Employer News

Accurate member records and retirement

It’s important to ensure that correct service and salary details are submitted on a monthly basis. If we have records that are incorrectly showing gaps in reckonable service along with incorrect salary information it leads to inaccuracies in members’ Benefit Statements.

19/03/2018 | Employer News

Conditions for accessing benefits

Accessing benefits from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme has become increasingly complex as a result of various reforms that have been made.

19/03/2018 | Employer News

EOYC timetable for 2018

Your End of Year Certificate (EOYC) submission begins in March. To help you complete this, we wanted to remind you of the process and the key deadlines you have to meet.

19/03/2018 | Employer News

Length of service in Scheme - are there any limitations?

We’ve recently received a number of queries about the amount of service that members can accrue. The maximum number of years of service that can be accrued in the Final Salary arrangement is 45 years.

19/03/2018 | Employer News

Monthly Data Collection (MDC) updates – deadline and errors

April 2018 is the deadline for joining MDC. If you’ve not on-boarded or provided an indication of your intended on-boarding date, you must contact us as soon as possible.

19/03/2018 | Employer News

Finance update

It has been noted that when we flag an issue with an EOYC submission, an email from us would indicate that the EOYC form would have to be re-audited and then submitted.

19/03/2018 | Employer News

Notification messages on the Employer Portal

We’ve had queries regarding notification messages you may receive at times through the Employer Portal which refer to LEAVENOT, SERVENOT and EMPNOT and querying what action you need to take.

19/03/2018 | Employer News

Submitting MDC files

If you’re an academy or multi academy trust and submitting for more than one establishment, it’s important that each school number is included on the submission.

19/03/2018 | Employer News

Change to the opt out process

We can now confirm that from the week commencing 19th March, members will only be able to opt out of the Scheme by completing the online form.

19/03/2018 | Employer News

Certificate of Re-employment

Retired employees who return to teaching have previously been required to complete and submit a Certificate of Re-employment to us by 5 April each year.

13/03/2018 | Employer News