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Benefits</h2>
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28,000 hourly-paid staff nationwide </strong></a></span> </p>
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16px; line-height: 165%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: =
10px;"><strong><span class=3D"ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a =
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data-link-id=3D"146230452425852428"><strong>Barclays </strong>allocates =
=C2=A3500 share award to 90,000 employees </a></span><br></strong></p>
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cleaners strike over living wage</strong></a></span> <br></strong></p>
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ng> and Benify merge to form =
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10px;">Pensions &amp; Retirement</h2>
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16px; line-height: 165%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">A focus on =
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the gender pension wealth gap. </p>
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16px; line-height: 165%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: =
10px;"><strong><span class=3D"ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a =
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font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;" =
data-link-id=3D"146230452439483922">Career breaks and part-time work =
leave women with lower pension wealth =E2=80=93 =
Broadstone</a></span></strong></p>
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16px; line-height: 165%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: =
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workers back strike action over pension =
changes</strong>&nbsp;</a></span></strong></p>
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class=3D"ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a =
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=C2=A337,000 annually in 2025, study finds</strong> =
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finds</strong></a></span> </p>
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