That article ^^^^ is more than sick imo....I'm right behind the teachers, I know lots of them and don't know one who doesn't work v long hours/evenings/weekends and much of their so called 'holidays.' As for me, I've got one of those apparently 'cushty' public sector jobs, just totted up and I worked about 130 'extra' hours this month...ooooo but lucky me, I can carry over 15 of those in 'flexi' time, until I lose it next month 'cos I won't be able to find the time to take it! My pension: when I started paying contributions, and for many years beyond the terms and conditions were that we had the '85 yr rule' which meant, when your age and the no. of years you worked added up to that figure, you could access an unreduced 'final salary' pension. That would have meant I could access it in 2 and a half years time, at 53. Now it seems that I will have to increase my contributions to access a lesser amount, when I'm 66