Question
I work part-time in a local restaurant from
Thursday to Saturday. The number of shifts I work can vary depending on the time
of year. How does this part-time arrangement affect my social insurance (PRSI)
contributions?
Answer
The number of social insurance contributions
you make can affect your eligibility for the range of social insurance benefits
that are available. It is called Pay
Related Social Insurance (PRSI) because the amount of social insurance you
pay depends on your earnings and the type of work you do.
In general, you pay a PRSI contribution in
respect of each PRSI contribution week
in which you work. The PRSI contribution week starts on the first day of
January every year. Because this may fall on any day of the week, the PRSI
contribution week may differ from the working week. You must be working on at
least one day in each PRSI contribution week in order to pay a contribution.
In 2017, the first of January fell on a
Sunday. This means that each PRSI contribution week this year runs from Sunday
to Saturday.
As your part-time work arrangement requires
that you work part of every week between Sunday and Saturday, you will have
your full 52 PRSI contributions for 2017. Even if, due to the seasonal nature
of your work, your working days were reduced to one or two of those days per
week, you would still have your full contributions.
However, if your work pattern was to change to
the same days for one week on, one week off, you would only get 26 weeks of
contributions in 2017.
Further information is available from the
Citizens Information Centre below.
Know Your Rights has been compiled by Boyle
Citizens Information Centre which provides a free and confidential service
to the public. Tel: 0761 07 6330
Address:
Elphin Street, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Information
is also available online at citizensinformation.ie and from the Citizens
Information Phone Service - 0761 07 4000
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