Contracted out for total employment history

kidmugsy

Silvertabby wrote: »

I was only 'low paid' because I chose to work part time.

You were nonetheless a victim of the vicious inequality brought about by Tory scum and the misogynist capitalism that blah, blah, blah, blah.

Silvertabby

“ I was only 'low paid' because I chose to work part time.
Originally posted by Silvertabby

kidmugsy wrote: »

You were nonetheless a victim of the vicious inequality brought about by Tory scum and the misogynist capitalism that blah, blah, blah, blah.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Actually, it was Gordon Brown who introduced SP2 top ups for 'low paid' members of contracted out pension schemes - but I'm sure that he didn't have the likes of me in mind when when he did that !

Having been contracted out from 1978 until I retired at 60, I fully expected my foundation amount to be the old basic State pension - so it was a nice surprise to find it was actually £141 a week.

aspensky

Thank you very much Silvertabby - appreciate your help. It's been suggested that I shouldn't be discussing this here as I've already had advice on my own thread - sorry folks, I will scuttle off back under my rock!

Pollycat

aspensky wrote: »

Thank you very much Silvertabby - appreciate your help. It's been suggested that I shouldn't be discussing this here as I've already had advice on my own thread - sorry folks, I will scuttle off back under my rock!

I didn't mind you posting on 'my' thread, aspensky.

I think the reason for the comments are that if someone posts on an existing thread and asks a question, the OP's questions could get lost in a new discussion - which is a bit unfair.

Of course, that wasn't applicable to the thread I started as I was just posting an update to a situation that had been resolved - thanks to MSE members help.
But I have seen it happen.


Also, some people post identical threads on different boards (not you) and can get differing opinions (not likely on this specific board, I guess).

I guess between the 2 threads you've got some excellent answers.