Sentences with phrase «many changes to the pensions»

Continual changes to pension rules appeared to have an impact on attitudes toward retirement saving, as the vast majority of UK respondents reported they were still confused and disillusioned with their options.

Among the explanations that have been put forward are the increased credibility of central banks in controlling inflation (inflation rates remain below 3 per cent across the developed world), the low level of official interest rates in the major economies reflecting low inflation and the continuing weakness in some economies, a glut of savings on world markets particularly sourced from the Asian region, and changes to pension fund rules in some countries which are seen as biasing investments away from equities towards bonds.

Poland has since made a similar change to its pension system.

Gordon Brown does not have the ultimate power over changes to the pension system, according to the work and pensions secretary.

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) and National Union of Teachers (NUT) at schools, colleges and universities across London will tomorrow (Wednesday) take strike action in protest against changes to their pensions.

Rather than analysing the announcements about changes to pension annuities and ISAs, the Shadow Chancellor revealed instead that he spent a long section of the speech urging Vince Cable to dig Communities Secretary Eric Pickles in the ribs.

Stephen Cassidy, the president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, aimed his fire squarely at Mr. de Blasio — even though changes to the pension benefits system will ultimately need to occur in Albany.

Teachers and lecturers from across London will be going on strike tomorrow, in a row over changes to their pensions.

It calls for raises totaling 11 percent, as well as changes to pensions and extending wage - progression schedules.

If the City Council requested changes to the pension system and the Legislators representing NYC carried it through the State Legislature, Ed Koch being unhappy with it is meaningless.

Michelle Mitchell, charity director of Age UK, said in response to Iain Duncan Smith's proposed changes to pensions:

The nature of the proposed changes to pensions and pay are likely to impact badly on the question of retention.

«As his proposed changes to the pensions system unravelled before the ink was dry, it was far from clear that this speech even pays for itself let alone matches our pledge to halve the deficit in four years.»

Dr Webb is an expert in the field, and has gone on to make radical, liberalising changes to the pensions system in government.

The union's campaign calls for: no detrimental changes to pensions or the civil service redundancy scheme; a strengthening of the Cabinet Office - agreed measures to avoid compulsory redundancies; and an end to the pay freeze and a fair pay rise for all.

Similarly, it is the Lib Dem pensions minister, Steve Webb, who has been pushing for the changes to pensions announced today.

Over the past year we've consulted widely on whether we should make compulsory changes to the pension tax system.

The vote comes on the heels of last week's historic day of industrial action by the NHS, whereby doctors boycotted non-acute care as a way of expressing their dissatisfaction with the government's proposed changes to their pension funds.

Therefore we would not make any changes to pension rights that have already been built up.

The coalition government faces the first industrial uprising against its austerity measures today as up to 750,000 public servants strike over planned changes to their pensions.

Mulgrew said he believes that Bloomberg is «playing chicken little» — exaggerating the severity of the financial situation to get changes to pension law and alter seniority rules.

Poor pensioners were also hit by changes to pension credits, which will save the Treasury # 330m by 2014.

Respected think - tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned there are likely to be losers following changes to pensions announced in Wednesday's Budget.

though because of the unusually high number last time, plus changes to pension scheme inclining mp's to retire later, perhaps 60 - 70 next time.

They are protesting against changes to their pensions and retirement age, with the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) calling the government's proposals «unfair and unaffordable».

Firefighters in England and Wales have gone on strike in the latest round of their long - running row over changes to their pensions and retirement age.

The organisation's expert financial consultants specialise in working with education professionals to ensure they stay on top of government changes to pensions and tax.

In June 2012, San Jose mayor Chuck Reed convinced a seventy - to - thirty majority of his city's voters to endorse changes to pension and retiree health care plans for city workers.

Changes to pension plans generally only apply to new hires.

Conclusion There have been many changes to the pensions world over the past few years, each affecting teachers to differing degrees.

And the Urban Institute's calculations show that states that made changes to their pension plans in response to the recent recession raised the number of years it takes for an employee to break even from 20 to 24 years.

In June of 2012, a majority of San Jose, CA voters approved changes to pension and retiree health care plans for city workers.

Aldeman: You're a lead sponsor of a potential ballot initiative that would allow state and local governments to make prospective changes to pensions.

Thousands of teachers and other public sector workers have been retiring in recent years, fueled in part by changes to their pensions.

This bill makes significant changes to the pension system in a way that seeks to do three very important things.

The EIS agm is often the forum for teachers to threaten industrial action, but strikes are usually avoided although the union has walked out with other public sector unions over changes to pensions.

Changes to the pension structure haven't yet been made, but they have been proposed, and more are likely to be on the table in the future.

The unions want teacher raises and no changes to pensions, but the city is broke and facing massive budget shortfalls.

Recent legislation makes changes to the pension benefits of new Hawaii teachers hired on or after July 1, 2012.

Probably the best that can be said is that a lot of negative things that were expected to materialize didn't happen — no increase in the capital gains tax inclusion rate, no increase in marginal tax rates, no change in the dividend tax credit and no changes to pension splitting.

The 2012 budget also introduced changes to pensions for government staffers, including MPs and senators.

While governments discuss changes to pension plan funding as the population ages, older Canadians are staying in the workforce for a few extra years.

SUMMER BUDGET: INHERITANCE TAX PERKS, BUT HIGHEST EARNERS SET TO BE HIT BY CHANGES TO PENSION TAX RELIEF «It is excellent news for millions that the inheritance tax threshold has effectively been raised to # 1m for couples who are homeowners, with the policy coming into full effect by April 2020.

«For most public sector groups, changes to pension were made according to age — younger members of schemes were required to leave their very beneficial schemes and instead offered membership of less valuable schemes whilst older scheme members were allowed to remain in their very beneficial schemes.

In the past few years, we have seen the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare Part D and significant changes to the pension laws that affect the construction and administration of both traditional defined benefit pension plans and 401 (k) plans.

SUMMER BUDGET: INHERITANCE TAX PERKS, BUT HIGHEST EARNERS SET TO BE HIT BY CHANGES TO PENSION TAX RELIEF «It is...

INEOS in relation to the industrial relations dispute at Grangemouth oil refinery which centred on proposed changes to the pension scheme.

negotiating fundamental changes to pension, benefits and executive compensation plan designs and designing and implementation of early retirement incentive plans

• ensuring they are not adversely affected by the rules applying to «spare room subsidy» and the benefits cap, which currently works against potential family and friends carers taking on sibling groups; and • ensuring that all family and friends care households are exempt from the limiting of child tax credit to two children and are not penalised by changes to pension credit.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.