pension scheme

noun

British
: an arrangement made with an employer to pay money to an employee after retirement

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At the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) — Britain’s biggest private pension scheme — market watchers have been taking a similarly calm stance on elevated gilt yields. — Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025 Among the terms covered by the agreement, which will be afforded to over 25,000 freelance workers in the territory, will be reduced working hours, an industry-wide pension scheme, salary increases and the first regulations on the use of AI. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024

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