Local Government Pension Scheme (PO-1474)
Complaint summary
Miss Elliott complains that North East Lincolnshire NHS Care Trust Plus (Care Trust Plus), her former employer, have wrongly rejected her request for an early unreduced pension under the “rule of 85”.
Summary of the Ombudsman’s Determination and reasons
The complaint should be upheld against the Department of Health (now responsible for Care Trust Plus) because, although Miss Elliott does not have an automatic entitlement to unreduced early retirement benefits, Care Trust Plus did not properly consider her application in turning it down.
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