If you are on strike, your LGPS pension will be affected. Your LGPS pension is based on your pay, and your pay will reduce if you are on strike. You can pay extra contributions to buy back the pension you ‘lose’.
Read the Strike action and your pension FAQs to find out more about how your pension could be affected if you are on strike. The FAQs cover:
- the impact of strike action on your CARE pension
- the impact of strike action on your final salary benefits
- how to buy back the pension ‘lost’
- what happens to any extra pension contributions you are already paying when you go on strike.