Pensions and benefits Law

Temporary (Agency) Workers Directive: when will it be finalised and what will it say?
Many commentators have been predicting that the Temporary (Agency) Workers Directive (TAWD) will be pushed through in the near future, with a massively adverse impact on users and suppliers of 'tem... | briefing | 20 Dec 2004 9:47AM

Council worker dismissed "to prevent him obtaining his pension"
A council employee dismissed to prevent him from obtaining his pension is claiming £1m in compensation after winning his Employment Tribunal claim for unfair dismissal and discrimination on t... | case | 7 Jul 2008 3:18PM

Age related flexible benefits package - discriminatory or not?
The Employment (Equality) Age Regulations 2006 prohibit direct discrimination on grounds of age, unless this is objectively justified (regulation 3). Direct discrimination takes place if an employe... | case | 8 May 2008 4:54PM

Charging age-related rates for benefits is not age discrimination
In the recent case of Swann v GHI Insurance Services UK Ltd, the Employment Tribunal considered whether it was age discrimination to provide private medical insurance under a flexible benefits sche... | case | 23 Apr 2008 12:53PM

Some daily-paid employees may not be entitled to pension rights
Some daily-paid employees may not be entitled to pension rightsSome categories of fee-paid workers are not automatically entitled to pension rights, and discretion can be applied in the case of som... | case | 17 Oct 2007 10:25AM

Council pays out
Birmingham City Council has been ordered to pay more than £39,000 to 19 employees, in relation to the underpayment of car allowances, after a landmark legal victory brought by the workers' un... | case | 1 Sep 2006 12:00AM

How much will pensions cost you?
Workplace Law Group email Workplace Law Members' ebulletin no. 261 13 December 2006 © Workplace Law Network 2006 http://www.workplac... | ebulletin | 13 Dec 2006 1:43PM

Age discrimination and pensions – do you have time to avoid the risk?
Workplace Law Group email Workplace Law Members' ebulletin no. 258 22 November 2006 © Workplace Law Network 2006 http://www.wo... | ebulletin | 22 Nov 2006 1:33PM

Workplace Law Network Members' ebulletin no. 209
Workplace Law Group email Workplace Law Members' e-bulletin no. 209 30 November 2005 © Workplace Law Network 2005 http://www.workplac... | ebulletin | 30 Nov 2005 4:06PM

Workplace Law launches new CIPD professional training courses
Workplace Law Training has launched two new CIPD courses for HR and Personnel professionals. These new qualifications add to Workplace Law’s portfolio of accredited training courses and offer... | network news | 18 Jan 2007 12:00AM

Spring 2005 Employment Law Update Special Report now available
Workplace Law Publishing has launched the brand-new Employment Law Update: Special Report, Spring 2005 Edition which provides comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative guidance to new and forthco... | network news | 17 May 2005 12:00AM

Encouraging workers to opt out of pensions to be banned
Encouraging or forcing workers not to save in a workplace pension will become unlawful under proposed changes to the Pensions Bill, Minister for Pensions Reform Mike O'Brien has announced. The Depa... | news | 24 Jun 2008 2:36PM

New consultation on reducing the costs of pensions launched
A consultation paper looking at how employers can continue to maintain good occupational pension provision through greater risk sharing has been published today (5 June).The Department for Work and... | news | 5 Jun 2008 2:37PM

Changes to workplace pensions announced
The type of workplace pensions that employees are automatically enrolled into will be extended in 2012 to cover insurance-based workplace pensions, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has ... | news | 20 May 2008 11:33AM

Pension during maternity leave: more pain for employers?
Most employers would be forgiven for believing that the changes to the Sex Discrimination Act and the Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations do not impact on an employer’s obligation to con... | news | 25 Apr 2008 12:11PM

Extension of HMRC powers to deal with PAYE recovery
On 6 April 2008, new regulations came into force extending the powers of HMRC to transfer PAYE liability from an employer to an employee in certain specified circumstances.In the past, when PAYE on... | news | 24 Apr 2008 2:27PM

Pensions Schemes Act 1993
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to pension schemes with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission. [5th November 1993] | Regulation | 13 Sep 1993 10:43AM

Age Discrimination Policy and Management Guide v1.0
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Dodging Bullets - advice for employers on tricky legal situations
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Workplace Law Handbook 2007
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Equal Opportunities Policy and Management Guide, version 3.0
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TUPE transfers 2007: rights and responsibilities special report
Essential reading for all those responsible for TUPE transfers The TUPE transfers 2007: rights and responsibilities special report is aimed at people who have to deal with TUPE issues on a regular... | product

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Workplace Law Handbook 2005
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