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Opting-out of the USS – at what cost?

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 16 March 2021 by admin17 March 2021

This blog post is not intended and cannot be taken as financial advice. An individual should seek independent financial advice based on their own circumstances and objectives.  One of the concerns that faces the USS pension is the number of eligible members who have opted out of the scheme. As the contribution levels have grown (they are currently now the same as for the TPS pension that is common in post-92 institutions) some people have felt the need to opt out and retain that 9.6% of salary, and perhaps make alternative pension plans. With the contribution level planned currently to go up to 11% in October, and with the unhelpful noises being made about potential further increases in the pipeline as a consequence of the 2020 valuation, it is understandable that some people might query the level of contribution in terms of how it impacts on their take-home pay each month.  In the 2020 Report and Accounts of the USS scheme, it was stated that 16% of eligible members had not joined or had opted out of the scheme. In 2015 that figure was 21%, with a dip to 12% in between. There were 147,137 active members of the scheme in … Read more

Posted in Gender pay gap, Pay, Pensions

Branch votes to reject latest ‘four fights’ offer

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 22 May 2020 by Alan Smith22 May 2020

An emergency meeting of the branch was help today to establish the branch’s position on the employers’ offer on casualisation, equal pay, workloads and pay (the ‘four fights’ dispute) and on the latest developments in the USS pensions dispute. The meeting is to let our delegates know how to vote on our behalf at a meeting of branch delegates on Tuesday (26 May), ahead of the UCU higher education committee meeting on 27 May. (For more details see Your feedback on next-steps in the ‘Four Fights’ and USS disputes) No formal vote was taken on the USS pensions dispute, so our delegate will try to vote with the contributions made in mind. On the ‘four fights’ dispute, members passed the following motion: Motion 1 This branch rejects the latest ‘offer’ in the 4 fights dispute. We don’t believe that sufficient progress has been made on any of the key issues in the dispute in the light of the developing crisis in the sector. Accepting an ‘offer’ that does not give sufficient guarantees to women members on the gender pay gap, BAME members on the race pay gap and to our casualised staff and includes no movement on pay would be … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Campaigns, Dispute, Equality, Gender equality, Gender pay gap, General Meetings, Pay, Pensions, Workload

Your feedback on next steps in the ‘Four Fights’ and USS disputes

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 20 May 2020 by Alan Smith20 May 2020

Email sent to branch members 20 May 2020 I’m writing with some further information about the two disputes – the reports from the UCU negotiating teams.  Please read these if you possibly can before our emergency general meeting 1pm Friday where we will discuss the disputes and elect a delegate to take the branch views to a branch delegates meeting next week which will inform the union’s Higher Education Committee (HEC).  The HEC will then take a decision on what the union will do in each dispute, including whether to put the employers’ offer on the Four Fights to a membership ballot, and about balloting for further industrial action.  The current position is that the union will re-ballot on both disputes, starting at the end of June or as soon as practically possible thereafter, and ending in September.  HEC can decide to continue the ballots as planned or to cancel, postpone or otherwise alter them. Four Fights negotiators statement (please also read the Four Fights briefing emailed by Jo Grady) USS negotiators report (please also read the USS briefing emailed by Jo Grady) Our negotiators have worked incredibly hard for many months on both disputes and their statements are crucial to these discussions. Our industrial action … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Gender equality, Gender pay gap, Pay, Pensions, Workload

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