If you joined the Civil Service Pension Scheme after 31 March 2012, but were a member of another public service pension scheme on or before 31 March 2012, your Civil Service Pension could be affected by the 2015 Remedy.
To qualify for the 2015 Remedy:
- You were in service with another public service employer on 31 March 2012 and joined the Civil Service without a break between employments; or
- You left service with your former public service employer after 31 March 2012, but returned to public service within 5 years. There must not have been more than five years between you leaving the previous public service pension scheme and joining the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Jobs covered by eligible UK public service pensions schemes include:
- civil servants in the Northern Ireland Civil Service
- health service workers
- the judiciary
- police officers and firefighters
- members of the armed forces
- teachers
- local government workers