All retirement age articles – Page 3

  • Fotoware
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    Police slate ‘deeply unfair’ ramifications of McCloud remedy

    2021-05-10T00:00:00Z

    Police officers from every federated rank in the UK have written to the chairs of the Police Pension Scheme advisory boards to complain about the “deeply unfair” ramifications of the government’s McCloud remedy.

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    Waspi women ‘frustrated’ at ombudsman delays

    2021-04-16T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Campaign group Women Against State Pension Inequality have spoken of their frustration after “waiting for months” for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to make a decision regarding their case.

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    Ombudsman sides with Pilots’ trustee on accrual rate changes

    2021-04-13T00:00:00Z

    The Pensions Ombudsman has sided with the trustee of the Pilots’ National Pension Fund in its move to change the scheme’s benefits accrual rate, noting that the decision was reached “following a reasonable decision-making process”.

  • Rolls-Royce
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    Bridging pension option smooths Rolls-Royce scheme restructure

    2021-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The introduction of a bridging pension option in the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund has helped smooth the transition for its members following a scheme restructure announced in May 2020.

  • News

    Calls for government to review minimum pension age hike

    2021-04-09T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Wealth manager Quilter has called on the government to reverse proposals to raise the normal minimum pension age to 57, saying the move is complex and will do little for people’s retirements.

  • News

    Judges’ mandatory retirement age raised to 75

    2021-03-08T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The mandatory retirement age for judges, magistrates and coroners is to be raised from 70 to 75, pending parliamentary approval, the Ministry of Justice has announced.

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    Immediate choice a ‘no-brainer’ for judges’ McCloud remedy

    2021-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The unique position of judges and their non-standard Judicial Pension Scheme means that opting for the “immediate choice” solution to McCloud is a “no-brainer”, experts have said, despite the rest of the public sector taking a different course.

  • News

    Normal minimum pension age set to increase to 57 in 2028

    2021-02-11T00:00:00Z

    HM Treasury outlined plans on Thursday confirming the government’s intention to raise the normal minimum pension age from 55 to 57 in April 2028, while devising a “protection regime” that ensures some scheme members retain their current rights.

  • Royal Courts of Justice
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    Judicial review could hold up public sector exit payment reform

    2021-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The High Court is to hear challenges brought by a number of public sector unions to the £95,000 exit payment cap, after permission for a judicial review was granted late last year.

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    Govt opts for deferred choice underpin solution to McCloud

    2021-02-04T00:00:00Z

    The government has confirmed it will opt for the deferred choice underpin solution to the McCloud problem, which despite being the right choice according to pensions specialists, will open the floodgates of administration woes for public sector schemes.

  • News

    Coronavirus pandemic causes one in eight to delay retirement

    2020-12-02T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The government’s anti-Covid lockdown strategy has forced one in eight people over the age of 55 to delay their retirement, according to new research from YouGov.

  • Bloomberg
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    Green pressured to save Arcadia pension schemes

    2020-11-30T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Philip Green is being pressured to “make good” on promises to 10,000 members of the Arcadia pension scheme as his retail empire is on the brink of filing for administration, which would leave the scheme in the Pension Protection Fund.

  • News

    Nest outlines small steps to close ‘gender pensions gap’

    2020-10-29T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Opting in to a pension scheme at 18, understanding if the employer matches the worker’s contributions, and adding as little as an extra £2.50 a week to the pension pot are all ways of closing the gender pensions gap, according to a report from Nest.

  • News

    DC contributions too small to allow for sustainable retirements

    2020-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Stagnant incomes, rising wealth inherited later in life, and the relative poverty of defined contribution schemes compared with older defined benefit schemes are all factors that threaten the sustainability of retirement income, according to speakers at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s annual conference.

  • Opinion

    McCloud remedy: Are some public servants more equal than others?

    2020-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The solution proposed by the government for the McCloud age discrimination case ticks all the key fairness boxes, even though all members will not be treated the same, explains Royal London’s senior intermediary development and technical manager, Moira Warner.

  • News

    Over-50s alter retirement plans in response to Covid-19

    2020-09-30T00:00:00Z

    On the go: One in eight older workers have changed their retirement plans due to the coronavirus, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which warned that a third are now in a worse financial situation than they were in before.

  • News

    Women state pension claims dismissed in appeals court

    2020-09-15T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The Court of Appeal has backed a previous High Court judgment and rejected claims that the increase in the state pension age affecting women born in the 1950s was discriminatory.

  • News

    McCloud to delay LGPS progress on pensions dashboards

    2020-09-14T00:00:00Z

    The McCloud reform will create challenges for Local Government Pension Scheme funds to provide information for the pensions dashboards, with a delay that could take up to three years.

  • News

    Safeway gets clarity on pension equalisation case

    2020-08-19T00:00:00Z

    On the go: Safeway has reached the end of a pensions legal process that started in 2016, with the Court of Appeal ruling that its defined benefit scheme's normal pension ages were equalised retrospectively, but not for as long as initially predicted.

  • News

    Covid-19 leads to unexpected interest in bridging pensions

    2020-06-15T00:00:00Z

    On the go: The coronavirus pandemic has led to an increase in the number of defined benefit scheme members looking to bridging pensions, according to a report by Aon.