Bridge Trustees contemplates GMP equalisation test case - EXCLUSIVE

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Bridge Trustees is considering taking a test GMP equalisation case to the European Court of Justice to clarify how the issue should be tackled, PP has learned.

The landmark Barber judgment of May 1990 ruled it is unlawful to have different retirement ages for men and women. Prior to the decision, most UK schemes had a normal retirement age of 60 for women...

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