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A minimum employer contribution is a mandatory pension contribution in the United Kingdom, which was made compulsory by the Pensions Act 2008, however it did not come into force until 2012. As a result, all staff are required to be automatically enrolled in a pension scheme when they join a firm. [ 1 ]
Since then the rate of pensions has undergone various modification and alterations; the full regulations concerning pensions to all ranks will be found in the quarterly Navy List, published by authority of the Admiralty. In addition to the ordinary pension there are also good-service pensions, Greenwich Hospital pension and pensions for wounds.
Conscription during the First World War began when the British Parliament passed the Military Service Act in January 1916. The Act specified that single men aged 18 to 40 years old were liable to be called up for military service unless they were widowed with children, or were ministers of a religion.
Finland has mandatory military service for men of a minimum duration of five and half months (165 days); depending on the assigned position: those trained as officers or NCOs serve for eleven and half months (347 days), specialist troops serve for eight and half (255 days) or eleven and half months, while rank and file serve for the minimum period.
British Army – "All male (but not female) soldiers who enlisted before 1 April 1997 have a statutory liability for service in the Long Term Reserve until their 45th birthday. Men and women who enlisted on or after 1 April 1997 serve for a total of 18 years or until age 55, in the Regular Reserve and Long Term Reserve combined from the date of ...
The State Pension is an existing welfare benefit that forms part of the United Kingdom Government's pension arrangements. Benefits vary depending on the age of the individual and their contribution record. Currently anyone can make a claim, provided they have a minimum number of qualifying years of contributions.
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The Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) is the minimum pension which a United Kingdom occupational pension scheme has to provide for those employees who were contracted out of the State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme (SERPS) between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997. The amount is said to be 'broadly equivalent' to the amount the member would have ...