29 May, 2024 Pension scheme surpluses: A slice of the pie? By Doug Mullen With interest rates having reached a 15-year high, some employers participating in defined benefit pension schemes have suddenly found...
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...
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...
23 Mar, 2022 NHS Pension Scheme member contributions changing from October By Doug Mullen The Government has laid regulations adjusting contribution rates for members of the NHS Pension Scheme from 1 October 2022 with further...
18 Mar, 2022 Independent schools settle Teachers' Pensions Scheme strike By Doug Mullen Over 300 independent schools have decided to leave the Teachers' Pensions Scheme (TPS) - with more on the way. Other employers have also...
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...