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Features
Why do savers continue to misunderstand their pensions?
Analysis: The pensions industry spends extensively on member communications, but 48 per cent of employees do not know how much their employer is paying into their pension, according to a survey by The People’s Pension.
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News
Opperman: 12mn people are under-saving for retirement
Pensions minister Guy Opperman has told MPs that around 12mn people are under-saving for their retirement, accounting for 38 per cent of the nation’s working age population.
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News
Evri couriers to be auto-enrolled into pension scheme
Twenty-thousand couriers for Evri, the delivery company that rebranded itself this month from Hermes, will be automatically enrolled into a pension by the end of 2022 after it reached an agreement with the GMB union.
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News
Estate agents bring legal action against Purplebricks in pensions row
On the go: Online estate agency Purplebricks is facing legal action from more than 100 of its self-employed estate agents, who claim they are entitled to a workplace pension, contributions and holiday pay.
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News
Uber partners with Now Pensions to provide scheme for drivers
On the go: Ride-hailing app Uber is to start rolling out a pension scheme to eligible drivers in the UK and has invited its competitors to create a cross-industry scheme.
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News
Uber drivers given pensions after court ruling
On the go: Uber drivers will be auto-enrolled into a pension scheme after a Supreme Court judge ruled that its drivers should be classed as ‘workers’.
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News
Uber ruling may not solve gig worker pensions issue
On the go: The Supreme Court may have opened the door to workplace pension schemes for gig workers by ruling that Uber drivers are workers — but former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb warned the issue may not yet be resolved.
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News
Uber loses appeal over driver employment rights
On the go: Judges have dismissed an appeal against a ruling that Uber’s drivers should be treated as workers rather than as self-employed.
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News
Gig economy workers to get more rights
On the go: More than 1m gig economy workers in such companies as Uber and Deliveroo may soon have more employment rights.
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Plumber wins workers' rights case
The Supreme Court has upheld a verdict that Gary Smith, a former contractor who carried out work for Pimlico Plumbers between 2005 and 2011, was indeed a worker at the company and was consequently entitled to workers’ rights there.
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News
Self-employed do not trust pensions, experts say
Self-employed workers lack confidence in pensions partly because of questions over their affordability, according to experts.
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News
Worker status at centre of draft bill on gig economy
The Work and Pensions Committee and the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee have published a draft bill and a report on workers’ rights and the gig economy.
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News
PPI: Consider different policy options for self-employed pensions
Policymakers need to consider diverse attitudes and financial circumstances of different self-employed groups before deciding on options to boost pension saving levels, a new report finds.
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News
MPs call for government to put brakes on 'free riding' gig economy firms
The Work and Pensions Committee has called for employee and self-employed national insurance contributions to be equalised, arguing that following the introduction of the new state pension, the self-employed contribute far less.
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News
Select committee hears evidence on how to get the self-employed saving
Proposals including an expansion of auto-enrolment and raising class 4 national insurance contributions, aimed at boosting pensions coverage in the UK, have been put before the Work and Pensions Committee as part of its inquiry into self-employed workers.
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Opinion
Self-employed underdogs?
Editorial: If you ask Uber drivers why they work for the app, they generally reply that while the pay per client is less, there is no downtime between customers and they are free to choose when they want to work.