Nestlé agrees with unions to keep career average scheme

Kristian Brunt-Seymour
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Nestlé has agreed a deal with trade unions to secure its £3.8bn career average defined benefit (DB) scheme after the company had tried to close it down.

The new package raises the career average pension from a 60th to 80th accrual rate for all existing members, while introducing a salary cap for pensionable earnings of £45,000 indexed to the consum...

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