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Casual Civil Service Post

ThemeOne
ThemeOne Posts: 1,473 Forumite
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Does anyone know if "casual" civil service posts qualify for normal civil service pension or not?

I'm suspecting the answer is they don't, but wanted to check.

The background is I was employed as a casual SSO for about 2 years in the early 90s, but Civil Service Pensions say they have no record of a qualifying employment.

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  • sangie595
    sangie595 Posts: 6,092 Forumite
    At that time, probably not. The law has changed since them anyway. Possibly yes, now, but not back then.
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,436 Forumite
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    From memory, casual posts in the CS were non-pensionable
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  • clairec79
    clairec79 Posts: 2,512 Forumite
    Casting my mind back I don't think my casual contract back when I left school in mid 90s was - but when it was amended to fixed term it became pensionable
  • sammyjammy
    sammyjammy Posts: 8,147 Forumite
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    This is correct, I was a casual for two months before becoming permanent staff and my pensionable employment date is that of my start date of the permanent employment.
    "You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "
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