Extract from Lords debate on the Queen's Speech - Oct 22
Wednesday, 23 October 2019 09:11
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Baroness Bryan of Partick (Lab):...The pay gap is a disadvantage to
women throughout their working years and goes on to make a
substantial difference to their pension entitlement should they
enrol and stay in an occupational pension scheme, but,
not surprisingly, women of all ages are less likely to join
workplace pension schemes than men. Nearly 10% of women opt out of
auto-enrolment compared with 7% of men. For older women, this
increases to 33% opting out... To read the whole...Request free trial
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