10 Apr, 2024 New employee contribution bands for LGPS By Doug Mullen The annual change to the contributions bands for employees in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has been announced. Employers...
07 Mar, 2024 National Insurance cuts and pension salary sacrifice By Doug Mullen The reduction in employee National Insurance contributions announced in the March 2024 budget makes pension salary sacrifice schemes less...
16 Feb, 2024 Can today’s workforce ever expect to properly retire? By Lauren Broderick The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has recently updated its retirement living standards with the rising cost of living...
11 Jan, 2024 Holiday entitlement guidance; heavy on confusion, light on clarification! By Anna Dabek We ended 2023 on a holiday note (see our round-up of 2023) and we are starting 2024 on the same topic. Before the accusations fly that...
19 Dec, 2023 Draft guidance on gender questioning children finally released - an end of term treat for teachers! By Katherine Sinclair Esther Campsall Libby Hubbard If further proof was needed that politicians and teachers are not the greatest of friends, then the publication of draft guidance the...
14 Dec, 2023 Taxing times: changing pension benefits By Doug Mullen The Court of Appeal has confirmed that cash payments to employees agreeing to give up future pension rights are subject to tax and...
30 Oct, 2023 Teachers' Pension Scheme contributions on the rise By Doug Mullen The Department for Education has confirmed that the employer contribution rate for the Teachers' Pension Scheme will rise by 5% to...
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...
02 Oct, 2023 Social Housing Pension Scheme valuation kicks off By Doug Mullen The latest three yearly valuation of the Social Housing Pension Scheme will be getting under way shortly with a valuation date of 30...
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 Mar, 2023 Pensions tax: All change! By Doug Mullen As the dust settles on the budget, two things are clear: there were some significant changes to pensions tax arrangements - and there...