Retirement

Retirement including capital costs, conversion of annual pension to lump sum, early retirement reductions, flexible retirement, ill health, redundancy.

Required information

The service standards require the employing authority to notify the scheme administrators of a retirement within 5 days of the date of retirement at the latest.

The details that must be completed in form LGS15C.

The notification must be signed and dated by an authorised signatory. You can email the leaver form to our helpdesk info@berkshirepensions.org.uk

If you are on i-Connect please complete form LGS15C (i-Connect).

You can upload your form via the i-Connect portal.

It is important to note that the service standards to members states that retirement lump sums will be paid within 30 days of retirement. It is essential that the above information is supplied in a timely manner in order to achieve this requirement.

IMPORTANT: If a member is taking early voluntary retirement and they wish to release their pension before their NPA a written notice of three months must be provided to the pensions team. We can accept this over email info@berkshirepensions.org.uk