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Retiring - Pay rise

Maldoon
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Good Morning ...Due to retire on 5th January 2024 on a final salary pension after 29 years service , we have just been informed that we will be getting an 8% pay rise as from the 1st of January 2024 ... am I entitled to this ? will it be included in my final salary ..albeit I am retiring 4 days later
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I suspect you may have to refer to the rules of your specific pension scheme.0
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You're better asking your pension provider as they will all have different rules. My final salary scheme was based on the best year of the last 3 years so the 8% pay rise wouldn't have made any difference to my pension but you should get 4 days of the 8% if it's from 1st January2
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GrubbyGirl_2 said:You're better asking your pension provider as they will all have different rules. My final salary scheme was based on the best year of the last 3 years so the 8% pay rise wouldn't have made any difference to my pension but you should get 4 days of the 8% if it's from 1st January0
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Maldoon said:Good Morning ...Due to retire on 5th January 2024 on a final salary pension after 29 years service , we have just been informed that we will be getting an 8% pay rise as from the 1st of January 2024 ... am I entitled to this ? will it be included in my final salary ..albeit I am retiring 4 days later
But it will no doubt be of negligible benefit.
Maybe 4 days extra pay, depending on how your employer calculates pay in the pay period you cease employment.
And, if anything, a miniscule impact on your pension.
For example if the final 12 months is used it might be,
30,000 ÷ 365 x 361 = £29,671
Plus
32,400 ÷ 365 x 3 = £355
Final salary = £30,0261 -
I think the question is whether the "final salary" that the pension relates to will or will not include that 8% increase. Is it the rate at moment of retirement, or the previous 12 months earnings?0
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Qyburn said:I think the question is whether the "final salary" that the pension relates to will or will not include that 8% increase. Is it the rate at moment of retirement, or the previous 12 months earnings?0
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Qyburn said:I think the question is whether the "final salary" that the pension relates to will or will not include that 8% increase. Is it the rate at moment of retirement, or the previous 12 months earnings?
OP will need to check his own schemes rules - but it is extremely unlikely that they will use the final pay rate instead of the final salary (yes, there is a difference!)1 -
My DB scheme uses the best two years of the last five years.
For most people that's year 4 and 5 and divided by 2 to get the value.
When I spoke to them they said they actually pick the 24 highest pensionable pay months inside the last 60 months and divide by 2.
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Maldoon said:Good Morning ...Due to retire on 5th January 2024 on a final salary pension after 29 years service , we have just been informed that we will be getting an 8% pay rise as from the 1st of January 2024 ... am I entitled to this ? will it be included in my final salary ..albeit I am retiring 4 days laterGoogling on your question might have been both quicker and easier, if you're only after simple facts rather than opinions!0
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