If you are claiming benefits from the 1995 Section you normally have to have stopped working in the HSC for at least 24 hours before you can become entitled to receive them. Your pension, under the 1995 Section, may be suspended if you return to HSC employment (including a Direction Body/Independent Provider) within one calendar month. Work in the HSC totalling 16 hours or less a week is ignored for this purpose. Exceptions are where you have deferred pension under the 1995 Section and current membership under the 2008 Section or 2015 Scheme or, you are drawing down some of your 2008/2015 benefits. In these cases it is not necessary to have stopped working in the HSC for at least 24 hours before becoming entitled to receive your deferred 1995 Section benefits.
Returning to work following Ill Health Retirement:
If you are receiving a Tier 2 Ill Health Pension, in certain circumstances, if you return to work your pension benefits may be affected. Our website provides more detailed information on how your pension may be affected. It is important that you read this factsheet and make yourself aware of restrictions for those members who have retired on a Tier 2 ill health pension.
If, following payment of your Tier 2 Ill Health Pension you have returned to work with any employer, which includes employment outside the HSC, you should inform HSC Pension Service immediately of the dates of your re-employment and the details of your earnings.