Hi,
I'm looking for some advice on this. I have emailed the pensions board but they haven't got back to me yet.
I am PS so if I go on maternity leave I get maternity benefit and my salary topped up. The maternity benefit is paid by DSP, to my employer and they pass it on to me. At the moment, pension contributions and levy are calculated on the maternity benefit amount + the top up.
The pensions handbook says that contributions should be operated on "pensionable remuneration" and this is defined as "basic salary plus pensionable allowances". It is my understanding from reading this, that pension contributions should not be operated on maternity benefit, as it is not pensionable remuneration.
26 weeks maternity leave are reckonable for pension purposes, I understand this and I understand this is why contributions are deducted from salary, but I cannot see why they should be deducted from MB.
Can anyone advise on this? Salaries section said they don't have time to read the legislation and that that's the way it's always been done in all departments .. therefore it must be right ..
I'm looking for some advice on this. I have emailed the pensions board but they haven't got back to me yet.
I am PS so if I go on maternity leave I get maternity benefit and my salary topped up. The maternity benefit is paid by DSP, to my employer and they pass it on to me. At the moment, pension contributions and levy are calculated on the maternity benefit amount + the top up.
The pensions handbook says that contributions should be operated on "pensionable remuneration" and this is defined as "basic salary plus pensionable allowances". It is my understanding from reading this, that pension contributions should not be operated on maternity benefit, as it is not pensionable remuneration.
26 weeks maternity leave are reckonable for pension purposes, I understand this and I understand this is why contributions are deducted from salary, but I cannot see why they should be deducted from MB.
Can anyone advise on this? Salaries section said they don't have time to read the legislation and that that's the way it's always been done in all departments .. therefore it must be right ..