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The following policies were updated and agreed by the Executive on 20 August 2020.
Retirement Policy (Non teachers)
The policy has been updated to the new format including creating guidance documents for employees and managers, this includes providing clearer guidance for managers on managing applications and clearer guidance on the requirements for reduced hours to allow flexible retirement to progress.
The policy requires employees who have pension strain cost to accept an actuarially reduced pension to allow flexible retirement to progress.
There is now a requirement to give 6 months notice for flexible retirement and the time period for newly agreed cases has been limited for flexible retirement to 5 years before retirement.
Casual Employment Policy
The policy has been updated to provide clarity on when casual employment should be used and includes a 'How to Guide on Managing Casual Employment'. This policy also ensures that a Casual Co-ordinator has responsibility for the creation and maintenance of a casual Employment database within their Service area.