Request

Please disclose the full guidance available for employers in respect of how they should apply NHS pension contribution rates (and those rates) for bank workers at the START of employment and for EXISTING bank workers because it seems there is a two-tier system in place which penalises existing bank workers

Response

Under Section 21 of the FOIA we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you.

Contribution guidance for employers can be found at the following link: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/employer-hub/technical-guidance/pay-and-contributions

Information on all the changes to the contribution rates can be found at the following link: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/public-service-pensions-remedy-mccloud/information-employers-about-changes-public-sector-pensions

There is a detailed payroll guidance on the above webpage.

Bank workers fall under the guidance for part time staff.

The following link may also be of interest to you: https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-27957/en-us

Please see the following link to view the section 21 in full - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/21