Tag: teacher pensions

A second report into the implications of teachers retiring later is expected to find that older teachers are capable of continuing work, but may need extra support. The ‘Teachers working later’ review was set up in October 2014 to ensure pension age-changes do not have a detrimental effect on the teaching workforce. However, it has […]

A petition to force the government to equalise the way teachers’ pensions transfer to their partners is gathering strength. Under the current system male teachers who accrued pension between 1972 and 1988 can pass 50 per cent of the final amount to their wives if they die after retirement, but this privilege does not extend […]