“What changes can workers expect from their employers in the coming year? Employment law expert Edward Goodwyn of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, looks ahead to some significant changes.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Pensions Ombudsman v EMC Europe Ltd and others: [2012] EWHC 3508 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 382
“The Pensions Ombudsman had no jurisdiction to entertain a complaint by a scheme member to set aside a compromise agreement where successful determination of the complaint would adversely affect the rights of the parent company in circumstances where it was a necessary party to any claim to set aside the agreement but was not subject to the ombudsman’s jurisdiction.”
WLR Daily, 14th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Male pensioners will lose up to £10,000 in retirement income due to the
introduction this week of European Court rules banning sex discrimination by
financial firms, a report warns.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Article 4 of Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security precluded legislation of a member state which required a proportionally greater contribution period from part-time workers, the vast majority of whom were women, than from full-time workers for the former to qualify, if appropriate, for a contributory retirement pension in an amount reduced in proportion to the part-time nature of their work.”
WLR Daily, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Four million employees could miss out on employer pension contributions until 2017 because poorly drafted legislation has left a loophole in auto-enrolment, the Government’s flagship pensions policy.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“New rules abolishing the payment of commission on pensions and investments have not yet come into force, but financial advisers and product providers have already found ways to get around the ban, according to the Financial Services Authority (FSA).”
The Guardian, 1st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judicial appointments will only go to second-rate lawyers if the lord chancellor fails to do a deal that satisfies judges.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The widow of a Royal Navy diver has been jailed after admitting fraudulently pocketing more than £144,000 from the Armed Forces’ pension scheme.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The latest Lord Chief Justice’s Report has been laid before the House of Lords.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 3rd August 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The country’s most senior judge has warned that Government cuts to take-home pay could damage the quality of the judiciary in future.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Divorce solicitors could face thousands of compensation claims in cases where pensions were undervalued in a divorce settlement, a pensions consultant has claimed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th July 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) must devise a successful objective justification defence if it is to defeat a discrimination claim being pursued against it by a part-time judge, the Supreme Court has said.”
The Lawyer, 13th July 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Companies planning a takeover bid will have to set out the likely impact of their proposal on the target company’s pension scheme under proposed changes to the Takeover Code.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government will ‘reflect further’ on calls to remove restrictions on a new national pension scheme. However, it would be unlawful for it to do so simply to increase participation, it has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Payments made by an employer for the benefit of an employee into a funded unapproved retirement benefit scheme (FURBS) are classed as ‘earnings’ on which the employer must pay national insurance contributions (NICs), the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Employers are entitled to offer pay increases on the condition that all or part of that increase does not count towards an employee’s future pension entitlement, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The buyer of a business will be liable for certain early retirement pension rights under the original owner’s occupational pension scheme if the transfer takes place under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Prison officers staging pension protest meetings have been told they face the threat of a high court injunction because they are banned from taking industrial action.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Neidel v Stadt Frankfurt am Main (Case C-337/10); [2012] WLR (D) 137
“The provisions of article 7 of Directive 2003/88/EC, concerning an employee’s entitlement to annual leave and an allowance in lieu where the employment relationship was terminated, applied to a public servant carrying out the activities of a fireman in normal circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Raithatha v Williamson (a bankrupt) [2012] EWHC 909 (Ch); [2012] WLR (D) 115
“A trustee in bankruptcy was entitled to obtain an income payments order under section 310 of the Insolvency Act 1986 where a bankrupt had an entitlement to a payment under his pension scheme not merely where the scheme was in payment of benefit but also where, under the rules of the scheme, the bankrupt would be entitled to payment merely by asking for payment.”
WLR Daily, 4th April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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