UCU: Access to pensions and record-keeping

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes that:
1. Access to good occupational pensions is important for avoiding poverty in old
age.
2. Casualised employment, high rents and student debts may discourage
workers from joining a pension scheme.
3. Precarious employment and frequent changes of employer, or working for
several employers, may make it difficult for some workers to keep a
complete record of all their pension scheme contributions, leading to risk of
loss of income in retirement.
4. The TPS does not publish data on the numbers of active, deferred and
pensioner members by employer type (such FE Colleges or HEIs) and the DfE
has refused a FOI request to do so
Congress instructs NEC:
a. To collect data on pension scheme membership of UCU members, through
adding data on pension scheme membership to the regular checks of
membership records;
b. To produce advice for members, especially those in precarious employment,
about ways of keeping records of all payments into pension schemes;
c. To encourage employers to provide regular advice on pensions and pension
record-keeping for all staff, including casualised staff.
d. To press the TPS to publish data on the numbers of active, deferred and
pensioner members by employer type, including FE Colleges and HEIs.