Issue - decisions

Date Of Decision:

8 January 2019

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Judith Badger

Section 151 Officer

Strategic Director Finance & Customer Services

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

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:

A request from a former employee asking for the early release of preserved pension benefits on compassionate grounds was rejected.

Reasons for the Decision:

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.

Details of Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

The employee was able to claim their preserved pension with actuarial reduction.   This would be communicated to the former employee.

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:

None

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