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How will going on strike affect my contributions?
Contributions will not automatically be taken while you are on strike.  But you can choose to make contributions to cover the break – if you want to do this, you must let your employer know in writing within 30 days of coming back to work. The cost to you will be 16% of the pay you would have received had you not been on strike. If you do not pay contributions to cover the strike absence, your strike days will not count in any way towards your pension.

The cost to you

Can I pay more than my normal contributions?
There are various ways of topping up your benefits, and these are:

  • AVCs (Additional Voluntary Contributions)
  • Buying extra pension
  • Additional death benefits

* Topping up your benefits

Can I pay a lump sum to you to increase my benefits?
You cannot pay a lump sum into the main scheme and you cannot pay a lump sum to top up your benefits in any of the ways described.

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