Pensions age discrimination delay hits redundancy packages
REDUNDANCY packages may have to be revisited as a result of the postponement of the age discrimination regulations for pensions, Watson Wyatt says.
Although the actuarial firm welcomed the postponement of the pensions aspects of the new legislation from October 1 to December 1, it warned that the delay itself would throw up new problems that employers...
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