Government attempts high wire act on s75

Jenna Towler on why the DWP must get it right over s75

Jenna Towler
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The structure of the section 75 employer debt regime, put in place to stop pension abandonment, has long caused issues for employers and schemes alike.

The current, prescriptive set of regulations make it hard for legitimate company restructures to go ahead without triggering the consequences of s75. In turn, schemes that could benefit from a s...

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