RBS staff told to work longer and pay more for pensions

Jenna Towler
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Royal Bank of Scotland has told staff members they will have to work longer and contribute 5% of salary to their defined benefit scheme.

About 42,000 scheme members have been told they will have to work an extra five years before reaching pension eligibility. They will also have to pay in about 5% of their salary if they want to ...

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