Part-time workers facing £119,000 'pension penalty'

Standard Life says working three days a week could lead to £119,000 less in retirement funds

Jasmine Urquhart
clock • 2 min read
Switching to a three-day work week over a ten-year period could lead to workers being £18,000 worse off at retirement, Standard Life says
Image:

Switching to a three-day work week over a ten-year period could lead to workers being £18,000 worse off at retirement, Standard Life says

Part-time workers could face a ‘pension penalty’ of up to £119,000 if they switch from full-time work to working three days a week for an extended period, analysis from Standard Life has found.

The analysis found a full-time worker starting at age 22 on a salary of £25,000 per year who paid in the minimum monthly auto-enrolment contributions would amass a total retirement fund of £434,000...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Pensions

Become a Professional Pensions Lite Member today

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis and opinion from the industry
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our two daily news alerts
  • Hear from industry experts and other forward-thinking leaders

Join now

 

Already a Professional Pensions
member?

Login

More on Industry

PPF proposes £100m levy estimate for 2025/26

PPF proposes £100m levy estimate for 2025/26

Latest estimate equals the lifeboat fund’s lowest ever levy

Holly Roach
clock 12 September 2024 • 3 min read
TPR to step up focus on investment governance

TPR to step up focus on investment governance

Regulator urges greater focus on pension investments to boost UK growth

Holly Roach
clock 11 September 2024 • 1 min read
PDP updates technical standards and code of connection for dashboards

PDP updates technical standards and code of connection for dashboards

Organisation urges schemes and providers to align with the most current versions

Holly Roach
clock 11 September 2024 • 1 min read
Trustpilot