I am working part time
(This section covers both permanent part-time working and temporary part-time working - TPT)
If you work part-time we will still use the Basic pension calculation but we will use your full-time pensionable salary and we will pro rate your service according to your part-time hours. So, for example if you have worked for 20 years at half hours we will use 10 years service in the pension calculation and if your part-time pensionable salary is £5,000 we will use £10,000 in your Retiring pay calculation.
If you are moving from full-time to part-time or changing your part-time hours, we will use the full-time equivalent of pay and pro rate service according to your part-time hours for each period of service. For example :
| Hours worked | Length of service | Pensionable salary |
Salary used in Retiring pay calculation | Service used in pension calculation |
| 5 days a week (37.5 hours) | 10 years | £20,000 | £20,000 | 10 years |
| 3 days a week (22.5 hours) | 2 years | £12,000 | £20,000 | 1.2 years |
| 2 days a week (15.0 hours) | 5 years | £8,000 | £20,000 | 2 years |
Temporary part-time working (TPT)
If you have any periods of working on a temporary part-time basis under the Company's Business Response Scheme (BRS), your pensionable service will also be reduced. For example, if you work on a TPT basis for five months, working 80% of your normal, full-time hours, and then return to full-time working for the next seven months, your pensionable service for the year would be:
- 5 months x 80% = 4 months
- 7 months full-time = 7 months
- Total pensionable service = 11 months (or 91.6% of one year)
It is important to note that BA does not make up your pension contributions to the full-time rate and you do not have the option of making up any shortfall in your contributions to make your period of TPT count as full-time pensionable service.
Death in service benefits for part-time workers
It is important to note that if you work part-time, the death in service Lump sum benefit of three times the elements of your pay that British Airways deem to be pensionable would be based upon your part-time pay. Your Adult Survivor's pension is calculated as two thirds of your Basic pension calculation, and dependent children's pensions are one sixth of your Basic pension calculation. The Basic pension calculation for a part-time worker is described above.