Part time pension, full time

stmoritz1960

Hi all, I worked for Essex County Council for 10 years, for approx 3 years I worked full time hours, whilst only having a part time contact.  I put the extra hours down as over time.  I now realise that I might have missed out on the extra pension, this would bring, does anyone know if this can be recovered?  TYIA Steph x

Silvertabby

stmoritz1960 said:

Hi all, I worked for Essex County Council for 10 years, for approx 3 years I worked full time hours, whilst only having a part time contact.  I put the extra hours down as over time.  I now realise that I might have missed out on the extra pension, this would bring, does anyone know if this can be recovered?  TYIA Steph x

I'm afraid not.  If we are talking pre 2014 then only contractual hours were pensionable, so you (and your employer) wouldn't have paid pension contributions on your overtime earnings.  

However, if any of your service was post 2014 then your pension accrual would have been under CARE, and your pension/contributions would have been based on your actual earnings, overtime included.