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Can pensions expose you to criminal liabilities?
Posted: 14/03/2024
The short answer is yes; that is because the law specifically provides for it now in certain circumstances. The risks associated with defined benefit or final salary pension schemes are not purely financial ones. You may know that The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has powers to order a contribution to be made to, or another form of financial support......>>
Can I forget about the lifetime allowance now?
Posted: 14/02/2024
In the Spring budget presented in March 2023, the government announced the abolition of what is known as the lifetime allowance. The abolition is to be fully implemented from 6 April 2024. One of the key reasons for this was the adverse impact the allowance had on NHS consultants, and on other high-earning employees. By way of......>>
Salary sacrifice for pay and bonuses - and the mistakes to avoid
Posted: 14/12/2023
Pension contributions are a tax-efficient way of making savings towards retirement. Salary sacrifice helps employers and employees to make the most of tax relief – this article explores some of the benefits and common pitfalls. The tax relief in question is the relief on National Insurance contributions (NICs), which employer pension contributions......>>
Announcement of changes to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme employer contributions from April 2024
Posted: 07/11/2023
The long-awaited outcome of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) revaluation was finally announced on 27 October 2023. From April 2024, the employer contribution rate will increase by 5% to 28.6%. As affected schools will be aware, this follows a previous employer contribution rate increase in September 2019, from 16.48% to 23.6%......>>
Pensions auto-enrolment – tips to ensure compliance
Posted: 10/08/2023
One area of pensions law which regularly troubles employers is auto-enrolment and the intricacies around compliance. On the face of it, auto-enrolment is simple - eligible workers need to be auto-enrolled. It is when you start to dig a little deeper that the potential pitfalls become more obvious. Falling foul of the statutory requirements can result......>>

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Pensions update - September 2019
In this issue: You may recall that the auto-enrolment regime for workplace pensions includes a requirement for employers to re-enrol eligible employees who have opted out back into their auto-enrolment scheme.

Pensions update - March 2018
In this issue: To widespread support from the pensions industry, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has set out in its white paper, Protecting Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Schemes, proposals to strengthen “the effectiveness and efficiency” of the “moral hazard”.

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