Pension & healthcare information - Mercury Engineering

Pension & Healthcare information page

As part of Mercury's updated Compensation & Benefits policy, all salaried employees can now avail of a pension scheme and subsidised healthcare.

Our compensation and benefits structure is designed to attract, motivate and retain talented employees who drive the company's success, while supporting our vision and values.

Due to the global nature of our operations, our compensation and benefits policy varies depending on your location.

The pension & healthcare application process for each applicable region is outlined below:

Please read all information carefully.

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IRELAND - PENSION

Staff based in Ireland must download and complete our employee application form, and our expression of wish form as outlined below.

You must complete all sections that are listed as mandatory.

On completion, both forms must be emailed to pensions@mercuryeng.com as our in-house team must complete the employer section.

No forms should be submitted directly to CERS.

Please first download the CERS membership booklet before completing any forms. This booklet should be retained for future queries.

DOWNLOAD CERS MEMBERSHIP BOOKLET »

You should then download and complete all mandatory sections of our employee application form.

DOWNLOAD OUR EMPLOYEE APPLICATION FORM CERS »

Finally, you should complete the following sections of the Expression of Wish form: Death benefits, signature and date.

DOWNLOAD CERS EXPRESSION OF WISH FORM »

If you have any queries please contact pensions@mercuryeng.com or your relevant HR Business partner.

Click here to watch information session live event.

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IRELAND - HEALTHCARE

We are pleased to share that from July 1st 2022, Mercury will be subsidising the cost of employee healthcare plans with our Health Insurance Partner VHI Healthcare.

Our Irish-based employees can now avail of the Company Plan Plus Level 1.3.

Under this scheme, Mercury covers the net cost of your plan, with the employee liable to pay BIK on the gross amount, this is deducted from your salary each month.

Follow the link below for further information.

DOWNLOAD VHI ENROLLMENT INFORMATION »

Our enrollment link is now live, please click below to enroll.

EMPLOYEE ENROLLMENT »

Live events & information sessions

Click here to watch our information session and to learn about what this means for you, along with answers on the following topics:

What is the contract period and is there be a waiting period.
How is Day-to-Day care and hospital care covered.
What to do if employee is covered under another family policy and needs to cancel to join VHI.
What does employee do if they want to select a different plan to Company Plan Plus 1.3.
Costs associated with adding family members to this plan, and how this is deducted from monthly salary.

To arrange a one-to-one information appointment with VHI, employees must email policyexpert@vhi.ie to obtain a time that suits you.

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UK - PENSION

From September 1st 2022, Mercury will match employee contributions of 5%. The total pension contribution each year will amount to 10% of the value of your pensionable salary, non taxable.

For exisiting employees, an email will be sent to confirm if you wish to increase the contribution to 5%.
For new employees, Mercury will match employee contributions of 5%.

ANNUAL LEAVE

Employees in the UK are now entitled to 23 days. As UK annual leave year runs from January to December, one additional day will be given for 2022, bringing 2022 entitlement to 22days. From January 2023, UK employees' annual leave will become 23 days.

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FRANCE - PENSION

Please follow the link below to learn more about the pension plan.

DOWNLOAD PENSION PLAN INFORMATION »

DISCOVER YOUR SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION PLAN »

Please find the DICI documents for the past performances of the AXA fund for Mercury Pension fund below.

DICI DOCUMENT IN FRENCH »

DICI DOCUMENT IN ENGLISH »

If you have any queries, please contact your HRBP, or compensationandbenefits@mercuryeng.com.

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GERMANY - PENSION

Please follow the link below to learn more about the pension plan.

DOWNLOAD PENSION PLAN INFORMATION BROCHURE »

DOWNLOAD PENSION PLAN PRESENTATION »

PENSION PLAN - ONLINE PLATFORM »

PENSION PLAN - REGISTRATION FORM »

PENSION PLAN - ONE-ON-ONE APPOINTMENT BOOKING PORTAL »

On 1st September, our partner – Allianz Pension Partners GmbH – will be hosting information sessions live events on Microsoft Teams:

Pension Information Session 1st September »

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BELGIUM - PENSION

From October 1st 2022, Mercury will match employee contributions of 5%. The total pension contribution each year will amount to 10% of the value of your pensionable salary, non taxable.

For exisiting employees, if you wish to opt out of the pension scheme, please contact compensationandbenefits@mercuryeng.com before 17th October.
For new employees, you will be automatically enrolled to our pension scheme.

DOWNLOAD PENSION PLAN INFORMATION BROCHURE »

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DENMARK - PENSION

Please follow the links below to learn more about the pension plan.

DOWNLOAD PENSION PLAN INFORMATION BROCHURE »

RETURN OF INVESTMENT BROCHURE »

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SPAIN - PENSION

Mercury will match employee contributions of 5%. The total pension contribution each year will amount to 10% of the value of your pensionable salary, nontaxable.

For existing employees, if you wish to opt-out of the pension scheme, please contact compensationandbenefits@mercuryeng.com by close of business before 10th November.
For new employees, you will be automatically enrolled in our pension scheme.

DOWNLOAD PENSION PLAN INFORMATION BROCHURE »

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Europe, UK & Israel- Healthcare

For staff based in international locations, from September 1st 2022, Mercury will be subsidising the cost of employee healthcare plans with our Health Insurance Partner Vhi International.

Under this scheme, Mercury covers the net cost of your plan, with the employee liable to pay Benefit In Kind Tax on the gross amount, this is deducted from your salary each month.