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TUC calls for action to reduce gender pension gap

Industry

TUC calls for action to reduce gender pension gap

Gender pension gap more than twice the level of the gender pay gap

clock 20 May 2022 • 1 min read
Gender pensions gap closure must be accelerated

Industry

Gender pensions gap closure must be accelerated

While AE has been a success, women are still likely to be locked out of saving due to AE rules

clock 30 March 2022 • 2 min read

Industry

'Perfect storm' brewing for public service pensions

MPs warn cost issues will take ‘generations to resolve’ as civil servants and emergency workers opt out of DB schemes

clock 11 June 2021 • 4 min read

Defined Benefit

BT blocked from third attempt to swap pensions index

BT will not be able to swap the index used to uprate part of its pension scheme after the Supreme Court denied permission to appeal, closing all legal avenues.

clock 09 July 2019 • 1 min read

Law and Regulation

TUC delegates pass Prospect motion to tackle gender pension gap

Attendees at a Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference have endorsed a Prospect motion which called for action to tackle the gender pension gap.

clock 08 March 2019 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Govt must justify planned changes to state pension age

The government will have to justify proposed changes to the state pension age (SPA) after a Prospect petition secured over 12,000 signatures.

clock 19 June 2018 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

BT managers approve pensions deal

BT members of the Prospect union have voted to approve a controversial pension restructure ahead of the defined benefit (DB) scheme's closure in April.

clock 08 January 2018 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Union calls on David Gauke to delay state pension age increase

A "period of stability" for the state pension age is needed and so the government should postpone any increase decision, the union Prospect has said.

clock 14 June 2017 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

Nuclear workers accept 'best achievable' pension deal

Nuclear specialists and managers have voted in favour of reforms which will see their retirement fund based on career average earnings rather than final salary from next April.

clock 30 May 2017 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

Workers at AWE vote overwhelmingly for strike action over pensions

Workers at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) have voted overwhelmingly for strike action over the company’s plans to close its defined benefit (DB) scheme.

clock 01 November 2016 • 2 min read
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