A series of activities aimed at closing the gender pension gap
External practice
Duration
Ongoing.
Partnership
The government.
Reason it was developed
There is a significant gender pensions gap in the teaching profession, which has been exacerbated by Government policy since 2010: • Women tend to have lower levels of accrued pension because of patterns of working linked to family and carer responsibilities; • Increased pension age for women; • Many women teachers are trapped in a vicious circle of insecure and intermittent employment agency work; Agency workers in the UK are not entitled to public sector pensions at all. This detrimentally affects thousands of teachers.
Activities
The NASUWT campaigns for all teachers, including agency workers, to be enrolled in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and for a lower pension age for all working people, including working women.
Results
The NASUWT campaign is ongoing and the pressure towards the government is being maintained.
Funding
Funded from internal union funds