Pensions: 5 things to check when switching jobs

With most of us changing jobs at least 10 times during our careers, it’s easy to lose track of your pension pot. Here are five pension checks to make when moving jobs

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If you’re employed, you’ll likely be saving into a pension under auto-enrolment rules, where employees are automatically placed into a pension plan.   

But when moving jobs, it’s easy to forget about your pension pot - and while the government is currently consulting on consolidating small pension pots, the onus is still on employees to take action when changing jobs. 

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Pedro Gonçalves
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Pedro Gonçalves is a finance reporter with experience covering investment, banks, fintech and wealth management. He has previously worked for Yahoo Finance UK, Investment Week, and national news publications in Portugal.