"Occupational pensions" refer to retirement plans provided by an employer as a benefit to their employees. It is a way for workers to save money for their future after they retire from their job.
Full definition
The public administration select committee today claims the government encouraged British workers to sign up
for occupational pensions without warning of the risks involved in investing in such schemes.
At that time large numbers of people were being advised to
leave occupational pensions, or not to join, and to take out personal pensions instead.
The most popular opportunity is likely to be that he has been offered a chance to transfer his pension from his
current occupational pension scheme to another registered arrangement run by the financial adviser.
But its existence comes at a cost to
occupational pension schemes and their sponsoring employers if they provide defined (final salary - type) benefits.
Minimum basic award in cases where a dismissal is unfair by virtue of health and safety, employee representative, trade union, or
occupational pension trustee reasons
Responding to a government statement on the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS), which claimed # 1.7 billion of assets
in occupational pension schemes could qualify for help, Lib Dem work and pensions spokesman Danny Alexander said the statement was «simply more dithering and delay from the government».
Firms can make fewer checks in some situations, such as
occupational pension funds, while the number of identity checks will be reduced, with firms being able to rely upon checks done by certain other firms, eg solicitors.
The Government has recently issued numerous regulations paving the way for the Single State Pension from 6 April 2016 and addressing the impact
on occupational pension schemes.
«The NASUWT will continue to campaign with the TUC to protect the pensions of teachers and other public sector workers and for
decent occupational pensions for workers in the private sector.»
This edition of snapshot summarises some of the key legal and regulatory developments that occurred up to the end of June 2017 in relation to
occupational pension sche..
We advise insurance companies, trustees of defined benefit, defined contribution and
hybrid occupational pension schemes on challenging issues including scheme funding, mergers, trustee duties and investment (including bulk annuity purchase projects).
This edition of snapshot summarises some of the key legal and regulatory developments that occurred up to the end of March 2018 in relation to
occupational pension sch..
Ministers have defeated a Conservative - led amendment to the pension bill, rejecting calls to guarantee more financial help to people
whose occupational pension schemes have collapsed.
«The real cost to the taxpayer is not public sector pensions but the negligence of the growing number of private sector employers who fail to
provide occupational pensions and the # 10 billion spent every year to subsidise the pensions of the richest one per cent of the population.
Questions - active citizenship of Europe, diabetes deaths, Scottish independence and Lords reform Legislation - legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill Short debate - reinvigorating occupational pensions
On Monday deputy Bank governor Ben Broadbent was forced to defend the bank's policies against MPs who said employers were scaling back investment and limiting wage rises in response to the growing burden of
larger occupational pension scheme deficits.
Governments
attacked occupational pensions, beginning when David Willetts was working at No 10, and it is governments that have engineered the massive rise in house prices.
But then, most pensions aren't overwhelmingly generous — latest figures from the Pensions Policy Institute put the
average occupational pension at worth # 8,320 a year, or just # 5,600 for a single pensioner.
The government has a lot of work to do in simplifying Canada's pension system including harmonizing the retirement age across the OAS, CPP and
occupational pension programs not to mention ensuring that those who will rely on GIS income in retirement won't pay a hefty penalty for participating in the forthcoming Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPPs).
This edition of snapshot summarises some of the key legal and regulatory developments that occurred up to the end of August 2017 in relation to
occupational pension sc..
This edition of snapshot summarises some of the key legal and regulatory developments that occurred up to the end of October 2017 in relation to
occupational pension s..
A report into the potential for a single market for personal pensions has been released by the European Insurance and
Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).
Pension scheme trustees are also interested, given the most common example of a pensions scam is the opportunity to transfer pension savings from an HMRC
registered occupational pension scheme to another registered arrangement.
On these pages, we list some of the areas in which we support our clients
with occupational pension schemes, whether as sponsor, trustee or professional adviser, in either the private or public sectors.
In contrast to how
normal occupational pension schemes operated, to be a registered pension scheme there was no need for members of that scheme to have an employment relationship with the employer who had established it.
Anna has spent her entire career advising clients who operate or
sponsor occupational pension schemes, with a particular expertise in defined benefit schemes.
Consultation on the
draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt)(Amendment) Regulations 2017 - Sackers» response to DWP consultation
Gabrielle advises employers and trustees
of occupational pension schemes (both defined benefit and defined contribution) on a broad range of pensions matters including automatic enrolment; scheme amendments and changes to benefit structures; scheme funding issues; scheme governance; member - related issues such as benefit questions, pension sharing orders or high - earner tax questions; the operation of the Pension Regulator's powers; and entry into the Pension Protection Fund.
• The minimum Basic Award for Unfair Dismissal, in cases where a dismissal is unfair in certain cases due to health and safety, employee representative, trade union, or
occupational pension trustee reasons, will increase from # 5,970 to # 6,203.
«This parliamentary programme is the vehicle for bringing an end to the right of ordinary working people to a
decent occupational pension.
This edition of snapshot summarises some of the key legal and regulatory developments that occurred up to the end of July 2017 in relation to
occupational pension sche..
Advising Cobham PLC on the # 280 million bulk annuity contract with Rothesay Life for its main
UK occupational pension scheme.
The DWP has launched a consultation in relation to draft regulations which would enable a bulk transfer of salary - related contracted - out rights without member consent to a salary -
related occupational pension scheme that has never been contracted - out, provided certain conditions are met.
This edition of snapshot summarises some of the key legal and regulatory developments that occurred up to the end of April 2018 in relation to
occupational pension sch..
David also acts
for occupational pension scheme trustees and scheme administrators in matters concerning overpayments, member complaints and disputes concerning pension scheme documentation.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) guidance, Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006: Notes on Regulations, explains that the aims of the UK compulsory retirement provisions are «to meet employers» concerns» in relation to «workforce planning» and «adverse impact
on occupational pensions and other work - related benefits», ie a different aim from that considered in Palacios.