On this page you will find information on retirement processes for:
Early or Age Retiral
If you have decided to take early or age retiral, there are some documents below that might help navigate your final months with us.
Please ensure that when you inform your manager of your intentions, that you confirm you are retiring, rather than resigning, and that you are looking to access your pension – to avoid delays to the processing of your pension forms.
Please remember if you intend to collect your council pension, that the pension agencies take up to 3 months to process your pension.
To ensure you get your pension on time for your retirement, please complete the relevant forms and send them into the Employee Service Centre at least 4 months in advance.
To allow us to process your retirement in good time, please follow the below steps:
- Employee advises Manager of intention to retire
- Manager should inform ESC – Pension Correspondence mailbox (ESC-PensionCorrespondence@northlan.gov.uk) at least 3 months before the retirement date for both Local Government (SPFO) and Teachers Pension Scheme (SPPA).
- Employee will then receive paperwork from the Pension team to complete and return asap to progress their pension with SPFO.
- Manager should then complete the relevant EC forms – Employee Changes – Terminations – Managers, HR BP & E&P Team (for managers with a northlan.gov.uk email address) or Education Establishment Employee Changes – Terminations (Managers only) (for use by managers with a northlan.org.uk email address)
- Employee will receive a letter advising of termination date from ESC
Click here to be taken to the Strathclyde Pension Fund website (non-teaching)
Click here for the Scottish Public Pension Agency website (teaching)
For information on the rule of 85, please click here.
Flexible Retirement
Information on flexible retirement options available to NLC employees .
Flexible retirement allows members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to request to access their pension and lump sum, if applicable, while continuing to work on reduced hours in the same post or at a lower grade in another post.
Employees can choose to stop making contributions or opt to continue paying contributions on their reduced salary and build up new pension benefits which will become available on full retirement.
Guidance for employees and managers can be found in the links on this page.
Flexible Retirement (CLNL Employees Only)
Information on the flexible retirement options available to CLNL employees.
Flexible retirement allows members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to request to access their pension and lump sum, if applicable, while continuing to work on reduced hours in the same post or at a lower grade in another post.
Employees can choose to stop making contributions or opt to continue paying contributions on their reduced salary and build up new pension benefits which will become available on full retirement.
Further information is available below.