All Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) articles – Page 41
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Features
What to learn from the Supreme Court hybrid ruling
Mayer Brown’s Edward Jewitt explains how schemes can manage their regulatory risk following the Supreme Court ruling on hybrid defined contribution schemes.
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Scheme perspective: Engaging younger members
Tailored, online communication and flexible saving options will engage younger members, according to scheme managers.
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Schemes urged to review PPF and FAS protection
Incoming legislation will mean more schemes will qualify for protection through the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS), but all need to review what legislative protection they are entitled.
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Schemes called to engage sponsors over s75 debt
With the government set to work more flexibility into section 75 debt obligations, schemes have been urged to monitor how sponsors take advantage of legislative relaxations.
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Are ETVs always inappropriate? Ask a BA pilot
The pensions minister is wrong in condemning schemes for offering cash incentives for defined benefit (DB) members to switch to defined contribution (DC) plans.
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DWP calls for triennial reviews of DC defaults
The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) guidance on providing default options will prompt tighter governance controls for some schemes in the run up to auto-enrolment.
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Trustees use discretion on gender-reassignment
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has created a team to deal with transsexual people entitled to added state pension after they undertook gender reassignment before 2005 legislation.