Benefits and Allowances 2021: Pensions

The 2021 XpertHR survey of benefits and allowances. This part of the survey provides data on employers' pension provision, including: workplace pension schemes offered; whether pension schemes are open to new members; and details of employee and employer pension contribution rates. Based on responses from 180 organisations with a combined workforce of 262,284 employees.

Survey questions

• What type(s) of workplace pension scheme does your organisation operate?
• Is your organisation's final-salary pension scheme open to new members?
• What is the employer contribution rate for your organisation's final-salary pension scheme?
• What is the employee contribution rate for your organisation's final-salary pension scheme?
• Is your organisation's career-average pension scheme open to new members?
• What is the employer contribution rate for your organisation's career-average pension scheme?
• What is the employee contribution rate for your organisation's career-average pension scheme?
• Is your organisation's money-purchase or defined-contribution pension scheme open to new members?
• What is the employer contribution rate for your organisation's money-purchase or defined-contribution pension scheme?
• What is the employee contribution rate for your organisation's money-purchase or defined-contribution pension scheme?
• Is your organisation's Nest pension scheme open to new members?
• What is the employer contribution rate for your organisation's Nest pension scheme?
• What is the employee contribution rate for your organisation's Nest pension scheme?
• What type of pension scheme does your organisation use for pensions auto-enrolment?