CIVIL servants have voted to accept the government’s new unified pension scheme.
Chairman of the Civil Service Commission Alf Cannan MHK has welcomed the move.
The Government Unified Pension Scheme aims to bring together 15 public service schemes, including the one for civil servants, into a single final salary scheme, with the aim of taking pension arrangements under local control and making them simpler and more affordable. Its incorporation into the terms and conditions of civil servants was formally ratified at a meeting of the Civil Service Joint Negotiating Committee on January 16. The new scheme is set to take effect from April 1. Mr Cannan said: ‘I am delighted at the outcome of the ballot and am very grateful to the union for its its commitment to reaching agreement.’