Pensions

New and updated

• Boris Johnson pledges to 'fix' pension tax allowance rules

  Date:

  10 July 2019

  Type:

  News

  Tory leadership front runner Boris Johnson has vowed to "fix" the pension rules that have led to NHS consultants finding they are better off if they work fewer hours.

• Workplace pensions

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a reference to the Pensions Regulator's consultation on trusteeship and governance.

• Occupational pensions and employment law

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include a reference to legislation to extend civil partnerships to different-sex couples and provide for the potential financial consequences, including in relation to pensions.

• XpertHR benefits and allowances survey 2019: Pension benefits

  Date:

  24 June 2019

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  A pension is a key part of the employee benefits offering. Here, we look at the types of schemes that employers offer, and the level of contribution they make to them.

• Wider NHS pension reform needed to remove overtime deterrent

  Date:

  6 June 2019

  Type:

  News

  Plans to offer NHS doctors more flexible pensions will need to be part of wider reforms if the government wants to stop clinicians feeling forced to reduce their hours to avoid tax difficulties, the British Medical Association has warned.

• Why auto-enrolment should always be on HR's to do list

  Date:

  10 April 2019

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  Pensions auto-enrolment might not be the most exciting HR topic but, as Angela Sharma explains, it should never be far from the top of any HR list of things to do.

• State pension

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to reflect the state pension entitlement in force from 9 April 2019.

• How much must employers and employees contribute into their pension scheme under the pensions auto-enrolment provisions?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Pensions auto-enrolment

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to include the changes to the lower and upper levels of the qualifying earnings band for pensions auto-enrolment, in force from 6 April 2019.

• State pension

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect the increases in rates for the single-tier pension and basic state pension, from 8 April 2019.