HMRC relaxes salary sacrifice requirements for auto-enrolment *

United Kingdom - October 18 2012
Many employers offer their employees the opportunity to make pension contributions by way of salary sacrifice arrangements.

Co-authors: Philippa Connaughton.

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Public sector outsourcing: pension protections survive but is change in the air? *

United Kingdom - October 18 2012
This High Court decision confirms the long standing principle that employees transferring out of public sector employment into pension schemes offering ‘broadly comparable benefits’ may, depending on the circumstances, enjoy long lasting pension protection, both at the time of the original first generation transfer and on subsequent transfers.

Co-authors: Philippa Connaughton.

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The formula effect gap between RPI and CPI: consultation on calculating RPI *

United Kingdom - October 18 2012
The National Statistician is currently consulting on proposed changes to the way in which the Retail Price Index (RPI) is calculated.

Co-authors: Philippa Connaughton.

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Capping pensionable pay and interpreting scheme provisions *

United Kingdom - October 18 2012
The High Court reaffirms the use of binding agreements between an employer and employee outside the pension scheme as a legitimate way of capping pensionable pay without the need for a rule amendment.

Co-authors: Philippa Connaughton.

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Scheme Rules take precedence over employer’s written promise on redundancy *

United Kingdom - October 18 2012
A deferred member fails to convince the Pensions Ombudsman that he should have been granted an early retirement pension on the special terms outlined to him in writing by his Employer at the time he was made redundant.

Co-authors: Philippa Connaughton.

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