B&CE's pension programme
B&CE Benefit Schemes has launched a nationwide employee
presentation programme to inform staff about pension
arrangements.
B&CE regional executives will visit company offices and
construction sites free of charge to explain how the EasyBuild
stakeholder pension works.
Recent research by B&CE showed that people are confused about
pensions and also indicated a preference for face-to-face meetings.
B&CE chief executive Brian Griffiths said: "Our own research
indicates that this is what people want and need to help them start
making sense of their pension arrangements.
"Our experience shows that where we have gone into firms and made
presentations there was, on average, an increase of 30% in the
number of employees making their own contributions to
EasyBuild."
B&CE hopes to present
to 9,000 employees before
March 2005.