c' G - Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)

Q14
Q14(a)
Q15
Q16
Q15 and 16
Q17
Cods 1 includes employees over retirement ●gc who belon~o the
pemsion sche- rum ~ their present ●mployer before they reached
?etir-nt ●ge. They EISYalready be receiving their occupational
pension from the employer.
If the employer rune a pens.ionechene that provides other than just
lump eum paymente, but this informant will receive a 1- sum only,
on retirement Code 2 should be ringed (and the reason(s) coded at
part (e)).
If nulltico&d dslete all but the topmost cost (if MC is noticed).
If there are notes, aPPIY the following definitions .
Code 1:
Codes 2-4:
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Code 5:
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Code 6:
means informant’s job is not eligible eg part-time,
tsmporary, an apprenticeship (and they’ re excluded from
the scheme) , the schenm is for staff only/off ice only.
Cover situations where the person is excluded ky the
roles of the Schemes .
msans the informant has chosen not to join eg too young
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or old to be interested; the schene is too expsnsive;
the State Scheme is enough: prefer to make other
arrangements.
Includes references to schemes applying to one sex
only.
Code< will apply to people who had to wait for a period (eg 6
~o=ths or 2 years)or untii they had reached a certain age (eg 21
years old) before they were allowed to join their employer’s
pension scheme. It will also apply to those who chose not to join
the schsme straightaway.
Code 3 will apply to those who change employers but can remain Ln
the same pension scheme - eg a teacher may changs employer, ie
local authority, but can remain in the Teachers ‘ Superannuation
Stheme.
If queried, exclude any notional years added to length of tires in
scheme to adjust for rights transferred from another scheme (see
note (ii) at Qs. 20 and 21), or bscause the informant has bouqht
extra years or had them added on by the employer, in order to
increase ths eventual pens ion.
Mergers/Take overs: If the informant already worked for an
employer a“d a uerger/take over took place - if the informant was
not in a sche~ or there was no scheme prior to the merger, Q15
should bs coded 2 ‘join later’ . Q16 should relate to when the
informant joined the scheme. However, if the informant belonged to
a scheme, then was transferred to a new scheme when the firm was
taken over, Q15/ 16 should relate to whenever the informant joined
the original scheme.
(Remembsr that merge~ /takeovers do not count as new employers and
Q9 should relate to when the informant joined the original
employer ).
FIRST QUARTSR : List and flag any comments.
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