26th August 2006, 06:40 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by lucy78green
see the trouble is I work both sides of the border so I pay national insurance contributions in ROI and UK, but not a full year in either! I was thinking about discussing it with the bank but surely every bank tries to sell you their pension, so how do I know which is the best one! I don't know if anyone can last in archaeology to age 60+, surely the knees have given up by then...
There is an agreement by the Irish Government to include both Irish and UK contributions in calculating your pension entitlement, so working in both countries is not a problem.
By the way, I wouldn't bank on 60 as the qualifying age by the time you get your retirement pension, Lucy. The UK government have already introduced plans to make the male and female retiement ages equal (i.e 65) and may move to 67 soonish.
Can't speak for the knees, but it is normally the belly which gives out on most male archies first, followed by the lungs, the bladder and the sense of humour (the majority of male archaeologists get grumpier as they get older), after which the knees are kind of irrelevant. I am unqualified to speak on behalf of women, but imagine there is also a female perspective which parallels this!!