UCU: Teachers' Pension Scheme, casualisation and rolled-up pay (post-92)

Motion

Motion title: Teachers' Pension Scheme, casualisation and rolled-up pay (post-92)

Motion text: HESC notes:
1. Continued reliance in post-92 universities and colleges on hourly-paid, fixed-term, and fractional contracts.
2. That rolled-up hourly rates obscure or exclude equal payment for preparation, marking, feedback, administration, and student support.
3. That unpaid and under-declared labour reduces pensionable earnings in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS), lowering employer contributions and long-term retirement income.
4. That contract fragmentation, variable hours, and earnings thresholds restrict TPS access and continuity of service.
5. That pension detriment disproportionately impacts women, racialised, and disabled staff.

HESC believes that:
a. Casualisation structurally shifts pension risk from employer to worker.
b. All hours worked must be paid, declared, and pensionable.

HESC resolves:
i. To demand the abolition of rolled-up pay and, through contractualised workload models, payment for all duties.
ii. To require automatic TPS enrolment and parity of employer contributions.
iii. To demand pay and pension remediation for labour which is not currently paid.