Returning to work as a teacher after receiving a teacher’s pension

• You must inform TPB immediately if you take up any teaching employment.
• If you are in receipt of ill-health benefits, your pension will cease.
• If you take phased retirement and continue in pensionable employment, your pension will not be reduced and subsequent service will be pensionable. If the conditions of your new employment subsequently change, you should notify TPB to confirm whether your pension will be affected.
• If you retired on Actuarially Reduced Benefits, any subsequent employment will not cause your pension to be reduced. If you retire on premature or age grounds then, depending on level of earnings, your pension may be reduced.
• If you become re-employed in teaching after receiving your pension following final retirement, that employment will not be pensionable.
• All future employment covered by the NITPS or by the teachers’ schemes in Scotland and England and Wales may affect your pension.
• For further information about returning to work, see the ‘Returning to work after receiving pension benefits’ fact sheet.