Overview

The Government is proposing amendments to pension schemes to which public sector employers subscribe. The employers have little, if any, control over the benefits to which their members become entitled, the contribution rates or the rate of accrual; yet they are caught between their employees and government policy. The trade unions have now given notice of their intent to take industrial action in defence of their members' rights.

There are many private sector employers with employees in the same schemes as a result of public private partnerships, outsourcing, social housing stock transfers and other schemes. They have even less control over the benefits under the schemes and have no dispute with their employees at all.

Both groups of employers are now faced with ballots for strike action. Can they stop the process in its tracks? In this briefing, Wragge & Co's employment experts provide an analysis of the options, as well as some action points for employers to consider.

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