Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 32
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Deferred
Paragraph: 189
Develop and pilot a specific 'menopause leave' policy with a large public sector employer.
Recommendation
We endorse and support the recommendation by the Women and Equalities Committee that the Government should develop and pilot a specific ‘menopause leave’ policy with a large public sector employer.
Government Response Summary
The government's response details the success of Automatic Enrolment for pensions and its ambition to expand it to younger workers and lower earners, noting its support for a Private Members' Bill to achieve this, but it completely ignores the committee's recommendation regarding a menopause leave policy.
Paragraph Reference:
189
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
Since its introduction, Automatic Enrolment has transformed workplace pension saving with participation amongst eligible employees in the private sector increasing from 42% in 2012 to 86% in 2021. It was designed specifically to help groups who historically have been poorly or less well served by the pensions market, including young people. In 2012, 24% of eligible employees in the private sector aged 22 to 29 were participating in a workplace pension. As of 2021, this increased to 85%, a 61-percentage point increase. The Government’s ambition is to enable 18-to 21-year-olds to start building a pension from their first day in work and to give lower earners greater opportunity to build retirement savings through implementation of the 2017 Automatic Enrolment Review measures. This is why we are supporting Jonathan Gullis MP’s Private Members’ Bill, which presents an immediate route for the legislative powers to expand the AE framework in the current Parliamentary session. The bill has passed through the House of Commons and was introduced in the House of Lords on 27 March. Post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets: Government Response 25