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Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs) were introduced from 6 April 1978 to allow occupational DB pension schemes to contract-out of the second tier of state pension provision (the State Second Pension). Schemes which were contracted-out on a...
Since A-Day (6 April 2006) payments by registered occupational pension schemes are categorised as either authorised or unauthorised member or employer payments. As the FA04 does not list what unauthorised payments are, it sets out what...
Members with “qualifying service” which begins on or after 1 October 2015 are only entitled to a refund of contributions if they leave with less than 30 days’ qualifying service. Those with 30 days’ or more...
The Data Protection Act 2018, which came into force on 25 May 2018, sets out the framework for data protection law in the UK. It sits alongside and supplements the UK GDPR (which came into effect on 1 January 2021). The UK GDPR sets out...
Contingent assets are assets held outside a pension scheme which the scheme can claim when one or more specified “trigger” events occur (such as the insolvency of the sponsoring employer). They can be useful for trustees and employers...
Under the PA04, employers with more than 50 employees have a statutory duty to consult “affected employees” before making “listed changes” (for example, increasing member contributions). The duty applies to changes made by an...
Under the PA04, no consultation is required where: as a result of the consultation on a proposal for cessation of employer contributions there is a further proposal to reduce employer contributions; (occupational pension schemes) as a...
