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Leaving teaching for other public/civil sector

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  • 15-02-2018 2:33pm
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    Joe222
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭


    Hi

    Has anyone left teaching after a number of years and transferred to a different area of the public/civil service?

    What happens re your pension? Would you have to enter the new pension service?

    Can you take your increments built up in teaching to other areas?

    The thoughts of taking a 50% paycut to enter another area is scary.

    Any positive stories out there?

    Thanks


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    MathsManiac
    Registered Users Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭MathsManiac


    If you take up another permanent post in the civil or public service, (or even a temporary one that later becomes permanent) your pension will be consolidated so that it is based on the total number of years in the public service pension scheme. The HR section of the Department you go to will sort that out.

    Not sure what you mean by "taking your increments" with you. Do you mean having them taken into account in some way for the purposes of your starting salary in the new place? If so, that's a matter for you to discuss/negotiate with them. The general principle applied by DPER (Dept of Public Expenditure and Reform) is that all new appointees to the public service must start on the bottom point of the scale, irrespective of what salary they previously had. However, if you are transferring directly from another public service post, and particularly if it is in a related area, the appointing Department might have some leeway. For example, if you were leaving teaching to become a DES inspector, then I think it's possible that you might not have to go back to the bottom of the inspector scale. I'm not sure, though, you'd need to check. If possible, thrash it out before you accept the appointment.


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