Employees 'happy to increase AE contributions'

The idea was slightly more popular among men, of which 48% said they 'strongly agreed' that an increase in pension contributions alongside an employer would be a good thing, compared with 44% of women. Just 6% of respondents questioned entirely disagreed with the idea of contributing more to their workplace pension.  The findings follow united calls from across the industry to raise the minimum automatic-enrolment (AE) contribution levels. Scottish Widows called for a 12% minimum contribution by 2020, while Aviva said it wanted a 12.5% by 2028, arguing raising the minimum contribut...