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LEGISLATION Abolition of default retirement age: Revised draft regulations published The Pension Protection Fund (Revaluation Amendments) Regulations 2011 The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2011 The Social Security...
Background The DWP consultation on offering a default option for DC automatic enrolment pension schemes, published on 13 December 2010, seeks views on the design of default options in workplace personal pensions and occupational pensions...
Introduction The highly anticipated ECJ decision in the Test-Achats case1 was published yesterday. The case challenged the validity of an exemption in a European Directive2 (the “Directive”) which permits insurers to use sex as a...
Background The DWP’s consultation, “The impact of using CPI as the measure of price increases on private sector occupational pension schemes” was published on 8 December 2010. The consultation followed the Coalition...
STOP PRESS! ECJ decision due 1 March 2011 LEGISLATION The Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 DEPARTMENT FOR WORK & PENSIONS DWP Fact sheet: Automatic enrolment and workplace pension reform The...
Background We are concerned that HMT’s consultation on “Early access to pension savings”, published in December 2010, is unduly negative towards the idea of allowing early access to pensions savings. As the consultation makes...
BANK OF ENGLAND Clothing and footwear prices: impact on inflation EMPLOYERS FORUM ON AGE Age discrimination: Seldon granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court EUROPEAN UNION European Parliament vote on EU Green Paper on Pensions...
