My Department does not hold all of the records of casual employment carried out by teachers for Pensions puroposes. However, as part of the process to prepare a statement of service and pension benefits for a teacher, officials within the Department conduct a full review of all verified teaching records held by the Department.
In the 1980s, in general all substitute service was paid for directly by the school authorities. This has led to very limited verified records being available for consideration, for this period in time, to assist and inform service history calculations and pension benefit determinations. In light of this, the procedure adopted by the officials in my Department is to issue verification of service forms to the teacher, for onward transmission to the relevant school authorities for completion. Thereafter, the teacher must ensure the return of the completed verification forms to Pension Unit. The completed forms are then assessed for inclusion as verified substitute service for pension purposes.
My officials are available to provide assistance to a teacher who may have difficulty providing records of their employment.