One in five firms aware of staff hit by pension scams - research

'Surprising' only 40% of firms are raising awareness

Kim Kaveh
clock • 3 min read

Just under 20% of firms know of one or more employees that have been victims of a pension scam, a Barnett Waddingham study has found.

However, in the survey of 243 UK organisations conducted in July, 50% of respondents said they knew none, and 31% were unsure. Some 38% of all organisations said they have raised awareness of pension scam to safeguard employees against being scammed; 40% of these said they know at least one of their employees have been victims; 42% said none have been scammed, and 18% were unsure. Of the total pool of respondents, just over a third said they have not raised awareness on scams but are keen to do so just to be safe, while 28% have not run any awareness campaigns and are not looking to d...

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