This depends on if you’re an officer or practitioner member.
If you’re a Practitioner, you can check which payments are pensionable on our website.
Officer’s pensionable payments include:
- annual leave
- paid sick leave
- overtime for part-time members up to the full-time equivalent pay - this only applies to their standard rate of pay as any enhancement for overtime is not included
- approved maternity, paternity or adoption leave
- carer’s leave
- London weighting payments
- on call availability payments where there’s a specific rota commitment for both whole-time and part-time members
- on call payments for part-time members up to the whole-time standard week if paid at your basic hourly rate
- temporary pay increases
- National Clinical Excellence Awards (CEAs)
- local CEAs confirmed before 1 April 2018
- payroll giving payments
- Waiting List Initiative (WLI) payments for part-time hospital doctors up to the whole-time standard week if paid for hours worked
- domiciliary fees
Payments that are not pensionable include:
- one-off payments
- payment for hours above the standard whole-time hours
- discretionary or bonus payments for completion of a job or related to the performance of the employee
- Temporary Injury Allowance (TIA) or Injury Allowance
- payments in lieu of notice or untaken annual leave
- payments made for work done as a non-executive director or non-executive board member
- any salary used as part of a salary sacrifice
- expenses reimbursement such as travel expenses
- overtime work at an enhanced rate of pay for part-time members - any pay up to their standard rate is pensionable
- overtime work for part-time members who have taken partial retirement in the previous 12 months
- strike days
- NHS Bursary payments
These lists are not exhaustive.
If the payment you're querying is not listed, contact:
- your employer if you're an active member
- our help desk if you're not an acitve member
Read more information on membership, contributions and pay on our website.