Legislation

UK - The Transport & General Workers' Union has brokered a raft of improved employee benefits for 200,000 construction workers at the Federation of Master Builders.

UK - Pensions provider Winterthur Life is urging the industry to adopt a set of best practice guidelines it has drawn up for occupational pension schemes.

UK - The ex-wives of Armed Forces Pension Scheme members may be entitled to the same rights as their former husbands following a High Court ruling.

UK - Consultants have attacked the Pensions Bill for failing to deliver any genuine simplification.

UK - Nagging uncertainties within the annuity market will be dispelled by the end of the first quarter, leading annuity providers say.

UK - Companies that pose a higher risk will pay more for the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) compensation cover and costs will be kept down for good employers with well-funded schemes, the government said today.

UK - Confusing Inland Revenue guidelines are preventing trustees of schemes in wind-up from using rules that could slash their liabilities, leading lawyers say.

UK - Employers could be forced to scrap their money purchase scheme contribution structures when European Union directives on age discrimination come into force, Aon Consulting warns.

UK - A lobby group is attempting to block "harsh and unfair" changes to the unfunded Armed Forces Pension Scheme.

UK - Stock market gains were wiped out by increases in scheme liabilities last year, Watson Wyatt claims.