Women less likely to consider impact of working fewer hours

Phoenix Insight said employers are critical to engaging women in their long-term finances

Jasmine Urquhart
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Women less likely to consider impact of working fewer hours

Just one third (34%) of women consider the impact of reducing their working hours on pension contributions compared to 64% of men, Phoenix Insight has found.

The firm's Caught in a Gap report - released today (7 December) in collaboration with the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) - found that three quarters (77%) of men consider how reducing their...

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