Hello,
My public sector employer is offering me a transfer (due to job reorganisation) to a personal pay grade (where my salary is frozen and not linked to an incremental scale). I currently work in a public service graded post with increments (reached the top of my scale 13yrs ago!).
I am unfamiliar with these personal grades and I am concerned that the personal grade will cause difficulty when it comes to drawing down my pension. There may be other implications I am not aware of.
Can anyone share their experience of working in the public service on 'Personal Grades'....for example
1. are post holders on personal grades considered public servants for pension purposes?
2. Is it common practice to relink a personal grade post to a public service scale on or before retirement?
My public sector employer is offering me a transfer (due to job reorganisation) to a personal pay grade (where my salary is frozen and not linked to an incremental scale). I currently work in a public service graded post with increments (reached the top of my scale 13yrs ago!).
I am unfamiliar with these personal grades and I am concerned that the personal grade will cause difficulty when it comes to drawing down my pension. There may be other implications I am not aware of.
Can anyone share their experience of working in the public service on 'Personal Grades'....for example
1. are post holders on personal grades considered public servants for pension purposes?
2. Is it common practice to relink a personal grade post to a public service scale on or before retirement?