Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
RECORD OF OFFICER NON-EXECUTIVE DECISION
Date Of Decision:
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7 April 2021 |
Decision Maker: (Including Job Title)
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Judith Badger Section 151 Officer Strategic Director Finance & Customer Services |
Specific Delegation: (If any)
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Appendix 9 of the Constitution (Responsibility for Functions) – Delegation to the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services to determine requests for early release and flexible retirement, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member |
Brief Description of Decision:
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A request from a former employee asking for the early release of preserved pension benefits on compassionate grounds was rejected.
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Reasons for the Decision:
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The grounds of the request were not sufficient to meet the Council’s criteria and there would be a cost to the Council in releasing the pension benefits early.
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Details of Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
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The employee was able to claim their preserved pension with actuarial reduction. This would be communicated to the former employee.
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Where the decision is made under specific delegation from a decision making body, the names of any member of the relevant body who has declared a conflict of interest in relation to the decision and name of the body granting the specific delegation and the date when it did so:
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None |
Background Papers:
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I certify that this is a true record of the decision in relation to a request from a former employee asking for the early release of preserved pension benefits on compassionate grounds being rejected.
Signed by the Decision Maker
Dated 7 April 2021
Name: Judith Badger
Job Title: Strategic Director Finance & Customer Services, S151 Officer
Publication date: 13/04/2021
Date of decision: 07/04/2021