I was a female Civil Servant in the Sixties, left (due to the Marriage Bar) to get married and became a stay-at-home wife for many years. Returned to the workforce (private employment) having reared thefamily.
When I applied for my Old Age Pension no records of PRSI (WOPS as it was then, was the reduced rate of PRSI paid I believe, by Male Civil Servants) can be found.
I have spoken to may friends who are in a similar situation. Pension Office insists that we paid WOPS but cannot show proof. Therefore my pension will be paid on the assumption that WOPS payments were made. These supposed WOPS payments have the affect of reducing my rate of Pension.
Where are you all - Female Civil Servants of the Sixties???
Has anybody out there had a similar Experience.
When I applied for my Old Age Pension no records of PRSI (WOPS as it was then, was the reduced rate of PRSI paid I believe, by Male Civil Servants) can be found.
I have spoken to may friends who are in a similar situation. Pension Office insists that we paid WOPS but cannot show proof. Therefore my pension will be paid on the assumption that WOPS payments were made. These supposed WOPS payments have the affect of reducing my rate of Pension.
Where are you all - Female Civil Servants of the Sixties???
Has anybody out there had a similar Experience.