Upcoming telephone line downtime – 24 September
Please be advised that our telephone lines will be unavailable from 12:30pm on the afternoon of 24 September due to a scheduled staff training event. We appreciate your understanding.
Employee contributions
The 2025/2026 employee contribution rates within the MAIN and 50/50 Sections of the LGPS.
Pensionable pay
The definition of pensionable pay under the 2014 Scheme is not vastly different to that under the 2008 Scheme with one exception - from 1 April 2014 non-contractual overtime became pensionable under the CARE scheme along with pay received for additional hours worked.
One other minor change is that any actual pay paid by a Scheme employer to a reservist during Reserve Forces Service Leave is not pensionable.
Please note: Non-contractual pay still remains non-pensionable under the Final Salary regulations. However contractual overtime is still deemed to be pensionable.