Employers get powers to amend scheme rules to mitigate end of contracting out

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Employers will have temporary powers to change scheme rules without trustee consent, in a bid to protect defined benefit schemes from the cost of abolishing contracting out.

In the much-anticipated state pension white paper, the Department for Work and Pensions confirmed that contracting out - where employers in the private and public sector opted out of the state seco...

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