Tag Archives: gender pay gap
Prospect Union – “a pensions timebomb” for women
Prospect and the Pensions Officer Neil Walsh have for a number of years been publishing a report on the pension gender gap. We are coming up the next publication this summer. In the meantime I’m pleased to see Prospect’s voice … Continue reading
Pension Gender Gap; let’s change unfairness – not inequality.
Scottish Widows defines “The gender pension gap” as the difference between the average female and male’s savings for retirement. That’s an insurer’s way of looking at pensions. I suspect that most people at retirement see retirement in terms of savings, … Continue reading
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Tagged gender pay gap, Gender pension gap, NPA, pensions, Ros Altmann, Scottish Widows
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Why are women’s pensions smaller than men’s?
One of the main ways women are penalised in pensions is by net pay schemes. These stop 1.2m low-paid workers (around 800,000 women) claiming tax relief worth around £72m a year. This is an issue easily solved by @HMRCgovuk – … Continue reading