P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin

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Topics covered in this bulletin:

The Watch List

New Law

  • Abolition of DB contracting-out: Regulations for formerly contracted-out schemes made and laid

Tax

  • Finance (No.2) Bill 2015: Pensions measures
  • July, 2015 Budget: HMRC Pension Schemes Newsletter 70

Cases

  • Discrimination arising from disability: Linking ill-health pension to part-time salary: Trustees of Swansea University Pension Scheme v Williams
  • Age discrimination: Compulsory retirement of police officers: Harrod v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police
  • Rectification: Sterling  Insurance Trustees Limited v Sterling Insurance Group Limited

Points in Practice

  • Regulator’s information for small employers on choosing a pension scheme for auto-enrolment
  • DWP factsheet on state pension transition and contracting-out