NEU: Victory on survivors’ pensions rights in Teachers' Pension Scheme

Friday, 10 July 2020 15:26

The NEU has won a significant victory which has finally secured full equality on survivors' pension rights in the Teachers' Pension Scheme. The NEU brought a claim for discrimination against the Government. Following negotiations the Government is no longer defending the claim and accepts that all surviving widowers, widows and civil partners should receive survivor pensions calculated on the basis of all of their spouse/partner's service from April 1972 onwards. The...Request free trial