13 Oct, 2023 Fire and re-hire - a ban on the horizon? By Doug Mullen Termination and re-engagement on new terms, or ‘fire and re-hire’, has been around for a long time but really only entered the public...
25 Jul, 2023 Local Government Pension Scheme 2022 valuation outcome – decoding the numbers By Doug Mullen With the three-yearly funding valuation of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) now complete, the headline is that many of the 86...
22 Mar, 2023 Rushing redundancies and pension costs By Doug Mullen A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case has highlighted the perils of rushing through a redundancy process in order to avoid the...
17 Feb, 2023 LGPS investments and ESG issues By Doug Mullen The idea that local government pension scheme (LGPS) funds could or should invest in local (rather than overseas) assets or...
08 Feb, 2023 Local government pension scheme - are employers calling it quits? By Doug Mullen Most employers will now have received their results from the local government pension scheme's three-yearly valuation. For many, a...
20 Jan, 2023 Anthony Collins Solicitors appointed to advise LGPS funds and employers By Doug Mullen We're delighted that Anthony Collins Solicitors has been appointed to the National Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Legal Services...
10 Jan, 2023 Local Government Pension Scheme: employers must proactively consider ill-health retirement By Doug Mullen A decision of the Pensions Ombudsman confirmed that an employer should have proactively considered an employee for ill health retirement...
01 Dec, 2022 Local government pension scheme valuation - a mixed picture? By Doug Mullen The results are starting to come through for the employers in the local government pension scheme (LGPS) and the picture is likely to be...
14 Mar, 2022 Local Government Pension Scheme member contributions rising... By Doug Mullen The start of April is already looking ominous as far as money in people's pockets goes, with rising energy bills, prices rising at petrol...
16 Feb, 2021 If the cap doesn't fit: government back-tracks on exit payments By Doug Mullen On 4 November 2020, the Restriction of Public Exit Payments Regulations 2020 (“the Regulations”) came into force; exit payments for the...