Pensions

New and updated

• State pension

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect the increases in rates for the single-tier pension and basic state pension, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Pensions auto-enrolment

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect the increase in the lower limit of the qualifying earnings band, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Workplace pensions

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect the increase to the lifetime allowance, effective from 6 April 2020.

• What are "qualifying earnings" for the purposes of pensions auto-enrolment?

  Type:

  FAQs

• State pension

  Type:

  Statutory rates

  Updated to include information on the proposed benefit and pension rates for 2020/2021.

• Occupational pensions and employment law

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that Regulations to extend civil partnerships to couples not of the same sex in England and Wales came into force on 2 December 2019, and to include references to the position in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

• Mixed-sex civil partnerships are introduced in England and Wales

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 enable mixed-sex couples in England and Wales to form civil partnerships.

• Consultation on simplifying annual benefit statements for workplace pensions

  Type:

  Consultations

  The Government consults on the options for improving the content and presentation of information provided to members through their annual workplace pension benefit statements.

• New pensions dashboard service introduced

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  Individuals can see information about their pension by accessing an online service.

• Consultation into NHS pensions flexibility launched

  Date:

  12 September 2019

  Type:

  News

  A new consultation into NHS pension changes designed to enable senior clinicians to work additional shifts without facing prohibitive tax bills has been launched.