Here you’ll find answers to some of the common questions asked about leaving your post.
Visit the Leaving NLC category for more information on this subject.
No further pay is due as you are paid in arrears.
The minimum period of notice an employee is required to give to terminate their employment is:
– Up to and including grade NLC7 – 2 weeks
– Grade NLC9 and above – 4 weeks
– Third Tier posts – 12 weeks
Further information can be found within Schedule A.
P45’s will be attached to you mySelf account as soon as possible following your leaving date. You do no need to be on the North Lanarkshire Council network to access mySelf. You can use any computer, PC, laptop tablet or mobile to access.
If you haven’t received this within 1 month of leaving, please contact the People Helpdesk using the People Helpdesk General Enquiry Form, or where you are not yet live on the Portal, you can call on (01698) 403151.
However, if you retired and are in receipt of a pension from Strathclyde Pension Fund Office (SPFO), or Scottich Public Pension Agency (SPPA). Please note that your responsibility to pass on your P45 to SPFO or SPPA to allow them to process this along with your pension for tax purposes.
No, unfortunately we can’t issue a duplicate P45.
However, a statement of earnings can be given if requested to the People Helpdesk. myNL Portal users can raise using the People Helpdesk General Enquiry Form, or where you are not yet live on the Portal, you can call on (01698) 403151, please remember to include your employee reference number on all communication.
If you were issued with a P45 before the end of the tax year, no P60 will be issued.
Please contact the People Helpdesk. You can raise a case via myNL Portal using the People Helpdesk General Enquiry Form, or where you are not yet live on the Portal, you can call on (01698) 403151.
Please contact the People Helpdesk. You can raise a case via myNL Portal using the People Helpdesk General Enquiry Form, or where you are not yet live on the Portal, you can call on (01698) 403151.
Only staff who are leaving the council should be completing exit interviews. However, for those moving to another internal role the manager of the position they are leaving can speak to them about their reasons for leaving if there is concerns
Resignations are now submitted via mySelf. Guidance on how to do this can be found here under the Leavers section.
Information on obtaining a provisional calculation can be found within the Employee Guidance document.
You should submit this in writing to your manager who will then complete an Employee Change Form for Terminations, stating your leaving date. Correspondence to the Payroll Team will also need to be completed by your manager via myNL Portal for Portal users via Submit Pension Form or, for non users, via the Pension Correspondence Mailbox.
The People Operations Team will progress your request, together with the required pension forms (if applicable).
If you are a member of Strathclyde Pension Fund, you will require to give 12 weeks notice, as they require this length of time to ensure that your pension is processed in time for your retirement.
However, in terms of leaving your post, the Council only require your minimum notice period, i.e.
– Up to and including grade NLC7 – 2 weeks
– Grade NLC9 and above – 4 weeks
– Third Tier posts – 12 weeks.
If you are a member of Strathclyde Pension Fund, please discuss your request with your manager and they will arrange to refer you to the Council’s occupational health provider for assessment of your current health status and whether this meets the requirements for ill health retiral. If ill health retiral is supported, this will be processed by the Employment and Policy Team.
If you are not a member of Strathclyde Pension Fund, unfortunately ill health retiral is not available to you. Please contact your manager to discuss what options are available to you. Further guidance can be provided by Employee Relations.
The rule of 85 gives protection to members who joined the Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) before 1st December 2006 and have membership which, when added to their age, equals or exceeds 85 in whole years.
Members born before 1st April 1960 have full protection.
Members born after that date have partial protection.
The rule of 85 protections apply when benefits are accessed from age 60 onwards. These protections only apply until 31st March 2020.
If you take flexible retirement, the 85-year rule will apply to the benefits you have built up to the date you first take flexible retirement, even if you are under 60. The 85-year rule will not protect any benefits you build up after you first take flexible retirement.
For further information on the rule of 85, see the scotlgpsmember website.
If you are considering retiring, you are able to view provisional retirement estimates through SPFO Online which can be accessed here Welcome – altair Member Self-Service (spfonline.org.uk).
As soon as possible from your first available pay if you have a current post. If you are leaving the Council where possible the full amount will be deducted from your final pay.
If you have left the Council, a debtors invoice will be sent to you for you to pay.