You and Your Pension - Retirement Webinar

Recording of this retirement focused webinar which took place on 7 February 2023, presented by Jennifer Rice, Oliver Murray, Melanie Moffat, Daniel Frost and Sarah Dawes from Essex Pension Fund.
This webinar examines some of the key issues when retiring from the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) including:
00:00 - Introduction
02:07 - How your LGPS pension works
03:35 - How does the CARE scheme work?
06:46 - How does the Final Salary scheme work?
11:16 - Taking a tax free lump sum
13:53 - When can I retire?
16:28 - Early retirement reductions
18:46 - The 85 year rule
22:12 - The retirement process
26:32 - Different types of retirement - flexible retirement, redundancy/efficiency retirement and ill health retirement
32:37 - AVC options on retirement
34:48 - Death benefits after retirement
39:07 - How to contact Essex Pension Fund
40:27 - Q&A
Useful links:
Expression of Wish Form: www.essexpensionfund.co.uk/re...
Lump Sum Calculator: www.lgpsmember.org/help-and-s...
Pension Modeller: www.lgpsmember.org/help-and-s...
Early Retirement Reductions: www.lgpsmember.org/your-pensi...
Contact Essex Pension Fund
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]