The Arriva Workplace Pension Plan (we sometimes call it the AWPP for short) is our newest pension scheme.
If you work for a business that is not eligible for the Railways Pension Scheme (including UK Bus, plc and Grand Central), then this is the scheme that you are eligible to join as soon as you join Arriva. In the UK, we have to automatically put most employees into a pension scheme from time to time; the AWPP is the scheme that we use to comply with this requirement. If we have to put you into a scheme, then we'll write to you to let you know.
The AWPP is a defined contribution scheme - that is to say that the size of your fund at retirement is directly related to how much is put in and how much investment return you get (think of the investment return like the interest on your bank account). The Standard Life website (link below) gives a summary of how the AWPP works.
Forms for this scheme are available from payroll or from HR.
