How employers are tackling the ups and downs of pension saving

Today, pension saving is often far from linear – life happens. But what does that mean for retirement savings and what are employers doing to ensure employees save adequately? REBA’s roundtable event aimed to find out.

At REBA’s recent roundtable, leaders from Kier, BT, Skanska, Moody's, Currys, British Airways, Warner Music Group and Avanade - alongside experts from Aviva - explored how ill-health, caring responsibilities, reduced hours and career breaks are shaping their employees' pension journeys, and how to better support them.

The conversation was refreshingly candid, spanning everything from gaps in pension saving and supportive return‑to‑work pathways to the emotional barriers that can make re‑engaging with saving difficult.

It also explored the implications of the government’s Keep Britain Working review and the increasing role of the employer in supporting employee health.

For a snapshot of the discussion, download REBA’s report Impact of ill-health and career breaks on pension adequacy, which includes the practical actions, tools and ideas your peers are already putting to work to address pension disruption.

The three key areas explored in the report are:

How ill-health is the dominant force reshaping work and retirement
The ways in which inequalities widen dramatically when people take career breaks
Why employers want to act but fear doing the wrong thing.