Pensions
Pensions are becoming ever more a part of employers’ benefits packages, now that pensions pensions auto-enrolment is being rolled out.
Employers must comply with the auto-enrolment requirements from their “staging date”, depending on their size.
Pensions row threatens Virgin and Stagecoach rail operations
A row over the rail industry’s central pension scheme could see Virgin Trains cease operating in the UK later this...
Why auto-enrolment should always be on HR’s to do list
Pensions auto-enrolment might not be the most exciting HR topic but, as Angela Sharma explains, it should never be far from the top of any HR list of things to do.
High Court rules that firefighters’ extra hours are pensionable
Firefighters in Wales have won a landmark pay and pensions case that could have implications for other employers in the...
Executive pay: ‘Weak’ remuneration committees must do more
Companies must do more to link executive pay to that of the rest of their workforce according to MPs who...
Pensions auto-enrolment: we’re at the end of the beginning
Why employers' role in helping staff to save for their retirement through the auto-enrolment scheme is far from over
April 2019 employment law changes: Seven things for HR to do
Every April, HR professionals are faced with a raft of amended employment laws and deadlines for their organisation to meet....
Rise in auto-enrolment pension deductions will bite take-home pay
With auto-enrolment pension contributions set to rise from April, millions of UK employees will experience a decrease in their take-home...
Bosses who mishandle workers’ pensions could face jail
Company directors who handle employees’ pension funds with a devil-may-care attitude could face up to seven years in prison or...
Discrimination arising from disability: questions remain about “unfavourable treatment”
XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman suggests that a recent Supreme Court decision raises more questions than it answers about the...
Sharp rise in pension auto-enrolment fines
The last financial year has seen a sharp rise in the number of businesses fined by the Pensions Regulator for...
Early-retiring employee not treated unfavourably by pension scheme, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that an employee was not treated unfavourably after his early retirement due to ill health...
BT loses bid to change pension calculation method
BT has lost an appeal to change the method it uses to calculate pension increases, which would have affected around...
CBRE recognised for change management in Carillion collapse
CBRE won the 2018 Personnel Today Award for Managing Change this evening, in recognition for the speedy transfer of Carillion’s...
‘Historic’ CDC pensions schemes given green light by DWP
The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation to shape new legislation around collective defined contribution pension schemes,...
Women’s state pension age rises to 65
Women qualify for their state pensions at the same age as men – currently 65 – from today. The pension...
