Brits face bleak retirement from shunning company pensions

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British workers are risking poverty in retirement by refusing to join their companies' pension schemes, according to research.

A survey by Zurich Corporate Pensions found that almost a quarter (22%) of workers had not joined their employers' scheme. A further 14% were not aware of their workplace scheme and 8% were not ...

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