I have recently learned that the civil service calculates service as 1 year being 365 days. So, I would welcome views on this for the following notional situation:
Employee began work on 01 Jan 2000 and worked continuously until 31 Dec 2003.
Service = 4 years
They then worked from 01 Jan 2004 to 30 June 2004.
Service = 6 months, or 6 months + 1 day, or 182 days???
The essence of the issue is whether in calculating pension where there have been breaks in service or incomplete full years it is correct to say that a year is 365 days regardless of whether the person worked 1 additional day because of how breaks in service fell around leap years.
Perhaps, this facetious example will explain best:
Employee A works only the month of February for leap years for 40 years and hence works a total of 11 x 29 days = 319 days
Employee B works only the month of February for non-leap years for 40 years and hence work a total of 11 x 28 days = 309 days
Both employees get the same pension benefit in the CS?!
PS I appreciate it's a trivial question due to the size of the benefit which accrues over the difference in time.
Employee began work on 01 Jan 2000 and worked continuously until 31 Dec 2003.
Service = 4 years
They then worked from 01 Jan 2004 to 30 June 2004.
Service = 6 months, or 6 months + 1 day, or 182 days???
The essence of the issue is whether in calculating pension where there have been breaks in service or incomplete full years it is correct to say that a year is 365 days regardless of whether the person worked 1 additional day because of how breaks in service fell around leap years.
Perhaps, this facetious example will explain best:
Employee A works only the month of February for leap years for 40 years and hence works a total of 11 x 29 days = 319 days
Employee B works only the month of February for non-leap years for 40 years and hence work a total of 11 x 28 days = 309 days
Both employees get the same pension benefit in the CS?!
PS I appreciate it's a trivial question due to the size of the benefit which accrues over the difference in time.