{"id":58204,"date":"2017-06-17T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/british-workers-are-missing-out-on-buy-one-get-one-free-pension-offer\/"},"modified":"2017-06-17T13:10:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T06:10:34","slug":"british-workers-are-missing-out-on-buy-one-get-one-free-pension-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/british-workers-are-missing-out-on-buy-one-get-one-free-pension-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"British workers are missing out on \u2018buy one, get one free\u2019 pension offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMillions fail to take up an average of \u00a3650 a year through schemes that large employers offerWe are all quick to take advantage of special offers at the supermarket, but millions of workers are missing out on what is effectively \u201cbuy one, get one free\u201d money from their employer.A leading insurer has calculated that around 3.2 million people who work for larger employers are failing to take up an average of around \u00a3650 a year each. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/jun\/17\/british-workers-pensions-bonus-schemes-retirement-income\" target=\"_blank\">British workers are missing out on \u2018buy one, get one free\u2019 pension offer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Millions fail to take up an average of \u00a3650 a year through schemes that large&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-f8M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24200,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/brexit-will-put-75-of-workers-at-risk-of-pension-shortfall\/","url_meta":{"origin":58204,"position":0},"title":"Brexit will put 75% of workers at risk of pension shortfall","date":"August 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r People will have to save more for pensions to have income they were on course for before Britain voted out, say City expertsThe Brexit vote is having \u201cterrifying\u201d effects on the pension schemes of millions of British workers, with 75% of people now expected to have a retirement income\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68550,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/auto-enrolment-means-you-must-now-set-up-a-pension-for-your-nanny-or-carer\/","url_meta":{"origin":58204,"position":1},"title":"Auto-enrolment means you must now set up a pension for your nanny or carer","date":"October 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The grace period is over \u2013 if someone works for you, you are a micro-employer, and if you pay them more than a certain amount, you must set up a schemeIt was five years ago this month that the government kicked off a huge shakeup of retirement saving to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":84746,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/retirement-can-you-make-your-pension-last-at-least-20-years-patrick-collinson\/","url_meta":{"origin":58204,"position":2},"title":"Retirement \u2013 can you make your pension last at least 20 years? | Patrick Collinson","date":"April 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The government should be providing a low-cost service to manage your retirement fundsThis week millions of workers will be forced to save more into a pension, as \u201cauto-enrolment\u201d takes a 3% cut from pay packets, and employers are obliged to chip in a further 2% of salary. 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