Legislation

The Pensions Bill will have its third reading in the House of Commons on 18 October.

More than a third of employers have not considered the impact of auto-enrolment on temporary staff, despite agency worker rules coming into force next month, Allen & Overy says.

UK - Pensions minister Steve Webb revealed over the weekend that the state pension age could be raised to 67 as early as 2026 in response to increasing longevity.

The Trades Union Congress has branded government plans to bring forward increases to the state pension age unfair due to the widening gap in life expectancy between rich and poor.

The Public and Commercial Services Union is to call another one-day strike in November as part of its fight against changes to public sector pensions.

Even full implementation of Lord Hutton's proposals to overhaul public sector pensions would not create a sustainable pension system, a Centre for Policy Studies report finds.

An employment tribunal ruling in favour of a gay couple fighting for pension rights could clear the way for a challenge in the European Court of Justice, a lawyer claims.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has vowed short service refunds will not be part of the future pensions landscape, and warned employers not to factor them in when selecting a scheme.

Proposals to implement a new LGPS with lower accrual rates could be used as a short-term fix to generate millions of pounds in savings required from the scheme by Treasury next year.

Major new accounting principles look set to overhaul how US public plans present their finances. Helen Morrissey looks at how these changes could affect a sector struggling to deal with its liabilities