The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that schemes may restrict survivor benefits for civil partners to post-2005 accrual without falling foul of anti-discrimination law.
An exemption in the Equality Act 2010 permits schemes to limit benefits for surviving partners of scheme members to accrual from 5 December 2005, the date at which civil partnerships became legal. ...
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