No. Any pension you accrued in a final salary legacy (classic, classic plus, premium and nuvos) scheme up to 31 March 2022 is protected and will make up part of your benefits when you retire. Everyone is in the reformed career average scheme (alpha) from 1 April 2022, where the final salary link still applies. This means that your salary in the year or years before retirement will be used to calculate your final salary legacy scheme benefits. This will be the case even if you continue to work for many years between 2022 and retirement.

Published:
18 January 2022
Last updated:
12 July 2022