Legislation

UK companies are likely to experience the same "painful" and problematic auto-enrolment implementation as Norway firms due lack of preparation and similar complex legislation, Mercer warns.

UK - Two pensioner groups will challenge the government in the High Court today over its decision to switch to the Consumer Prices Index for up-rating public sector pensions.

Two pensioner groups will challenge the government in the High Court today over its decision to switch to the Consumer Prices Index for up-rating public sector pensions.

The scheme at the heart of a legal dispute between trustees and the Pension Protection Fund has finally completed its transfer to the lifeboat fund one year after it went into liquidation.

Labour has called on the government to stick to the schedule for auto-enrolment.

The European Commission must make sure it does not "mix apples with oranges" and confuse the insurance industry with pension funds.

One in three workers will opt out of their employer's pension scheme, according to a Populus poll for the National Association of Pension Funds.

Legislation curtailing pension charges for deferred members has been announced by pensions minister Steve Webb.

The coalition is considering delaying auto-enrolment and a delay of more than 12 months will mean the reform package is effectively over, former Chancellor Alistair Darling told reporters.

The Pensions Bill which raises the state pension age to 66 by 2020 has passed its third reading in the House of Commons with 287 votes to 242.