1. A good company pension scheme remains a potent weapon for attracting staff. 2. A growing feature of the employment contract over the years has been the provision of occupational pension schemes for retirement and sickness. 3. A number of actuaries are responsible for individual company pension schemes with funds amounting to hundreds of millions of pounds. 4. Conditions of service are good with a contributory pension scheme, subsidised canteen and free life insurance. 5. Coverage by occupational pension schemes is not, however, evenly distributed amongst all social classes. 6. Does your employer offer a pension scheme? 7. Employers can no longer require membership of an occupational pension scheme as a condition of service. 8. Even if they launch a new pension scheme with less generous benefits they face maintaining the solvency of the old fund. 9. How companies can set up a group pension scheme for their employees. 10. How groups of directors can set up a pension scheme for themselves. |
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