Early retirement and the legality of no pay rise and effect on pension

squirrelpie

MX5huggy said:

Stubod said:

?? While I am sorry for the circumstances of your early retirment I really don't understand the problem. Are you saying you expect to get a pay rise after you have left employment??...if so, why would that be and at what point after you leave employment would you expect to not get any pay rises applied..... a day, a week, a month, a year ??

Pay in the public sector (and the science museum may not be strictly public sector ) is often set from the previous April eg in LG pay from April 2022 has still not been set https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/local-government-services/green-book-payscales-and-other-7

I took my public sector pension (MRC) early as a result of redundancy and they both paid the back pay for the time since April once the decision was announced, and adjusted my pension. So some employers do treat their employees fairly IMHO. It might be relevant that the MRC scheme is funded rather than unfunded and in a reasonable financial position AFAIK. But that wouldn't affect the back pay, I'd have thought.

You salary at the time you retired was the post-increase amount. You should get paid it.

p00hsticks

ahorseisahorse said:

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. Just to clarify, our pay rise is due from 1st April

Can you clarify a bit further - is that 1st April 2022 (i.e.e before you left) or 2023 (after) ?

Marcon

p00hsticks said:

ahorseisahorse said:

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. Just to clarify, our pay rise is due from 1st April

Can you clarify a bit further - is that 1st April 2022 (i.e.e before you left) or 2023 (after) ?

2022 - it's in OP's first post that this is about a backdated pay increase.

Linton

Does one less year of employment pay rises mean 1 more year of inflation linked pension increase?  In which case you could be better off.

Korkyb

I took early retirement mid September this year and at time of retirement my pay rise which was due in April still hasn't been agreed (NHS in Scotland).

I'm in a similar position as the op but am fully expecting that I will (eventually) get my pay rise (back pay) as the rise was due 5 months before I retired while I was employed.

I also expect the pay rise will lead to an adjustment in my (final salary) pension.

It doesn't seem right that the ops employer can withhold 5 months of a pay rise that he would have had just because he has now retired from the job given that the pay rise was due while in employment.

ahorseisahorse

Thanks Marcon, that is really helpful amd something I might write to my employer first about then contact the Pensions Ombudsman.
All the best

ahorseisahorse

MX5huggy said:

Which pension scheme is this? 

It's the Civil Service pension scheme. 
Thanks

ahorseisahorse

Korkyb said:

I took early retirement mid September this year and at time of retirement my pay rise which was due in April still hasn't been agreed (NHS in Scotland).

I'm in a similar position as the op but am fully expecting that I will (eventually) get my pay rise (back pay) as the rise was due 5 months before I retired while I was employed.

I also expect the pay rise will lead to an adjustment in my (final salary) pension.

It doesn't seem right that the ops employer can withhold 5 months of a pay rise that he would have had just because he has now retired from the job given that the pay rise was due while in employment.

Yes, exactly, I was employed for those 6 months so should be entitled to it.
Thanks