3.2.  Pensions for New Employees

The Contractor shall procure that any New Employee shall be provided with membership of or participation in one of the schemes or arrangements set out below:

3.2.1.  membership of the LGPS where the employer has admission body status within the scheme and makes the requisite contribution; or

3.2.2.  membership of a good quality employer pension scheme, being either:

(a)  a contracted-out final salary based defined benefit scheme; or

(b)  a defined contribution scheme under which the employer must match employee contributions up to six per cent (6%); or

3.2.3.  a stakeholder pension scheme, under which the employer matches employee contributions up to at least six per cent (6%).