What Happens To Employees’ LGPS Pensions When They Take Industrial Action?
Under the rules of the LGPS, members only build up pension for periods when contributions are paid (or for periods lost due to time away because of maternity, illness or similar reasons). As strike days are unauthorised and unpaid, pensionable service is lost on these days. Does This Mean That Members’ Pensionable Service Is Broken? No. A member’s period of continuous pensionable service is still defined as lasting from the day they join the LGPS to their date of leaving (either the scheme or LGPS covered employment) or retirement. The period of membership is measured in days, and any days lost through industrial action are excluded from a member’s service. However the actual period of service remains unbroken. By keeping the service continuous (albeit reduced by the number of strike days), one pension in the LGPS is retained which is based on the whole period of service and the pensionable salary on retirement/leaving the scheme. Do Members Have The Opportunity To Regain The Lost Days
