Sales staff 'get low pension contributions'
People who work in sales or as a customer service operative in the UK are among the most likely to receive low levels of pension contributions, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Around 74 per cent of employees working in a role of this kind make contributions to their pensions that amount to less than eight per cent of their annual salary, the ONS reports.
And this figure does not compare favourably with other private sector workers with a defined contribution pension scheme, only 40 per cent of whom had contributions that fell below eight per cent of their yearly wage total.
The report from the ONS did note: "Individual contributions to all types of occupational and personal pension schemes grew steadily from £14 billion to £22 billion between 1995 and 2005.
"The rise in employer contributions was greater, from £21 billion to £53 billion for the same period."
Explaining its own role within the UK, the ONS suggests that the impartial gathering of information is "vital an open and democratic society".
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