The UK's largest pension scheme - British Telecom's £27bn defined benefit scheme - has closed its final salary scheme to new employees without reaching a formal agreement with the telecommunication giant's two trade unions.
Trade union Connect - which represents managerial and professional staff and one half of the BT Unions - said the closure was due to BT’s need to make certain it’s future cost commitments. BT, C...
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