{"id":25,"date":"2016-04-06T17:45:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/?p=25"},"modified":"2016-08-04T12:47:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T11:47:29","slug":"lets-talk-about-uss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/lets-talk-about-uss\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s talk about USS\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">After many months of consultation, negotiation and preparation, last Friday, 1 April, saw the launch of the new USS. Whilst some will undoubtedly be disappointed to see the end of the link to final salary, we shouldn\u2019t lose sight of the fact that we are still left with a scheme that offers really valuable benefits. Yes, we\u2019re all having to pay more (contributions are going up for both members and the University), but we still have a scheme which offers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">1. Defined benefits (for salary up to \u00a355k) \u2013 this means you know from the start what you can expect to receive when you retire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">2. A package of benefits that helps protect you and your family, including death and ill-health benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">3. The opportunity for additional savings with a 1% match from the University (once the new \u2018Investment Builder\u2019 section opens in October).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Yes, pensions are dull and complex, but definitely not to be ignored. We\u2019ll keep you updated by email, but go to the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uss.co.uk\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">USS website<\/span><\/u><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\"> for more details.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After many months of consultation, negotiation and preparation, last Friday, 1 April, saw the launch of the new USS. Whilst some will undoubtedly be disappointed to see the end of the link to final salary, we shouldn\u2019t lose sight of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/lets-talk-about-uss\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,27,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benefits","category-hr","category-reward"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}