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      This webinar will bring together views from actuaries, lawyers, administrators, trustees and data experts to look at the pragmatic, collaborative solutions that are open to schemes to solve the GMP equalisation challenges in 2021. It will assess the individual challenges schemes face with equalisations and provide some practical options that are available to resolve these issues.

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      So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap,' ‘pension freedoms' or consultations around ‘value for money', says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

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Employers engaging gig economy workers with pension savings despite AE rules
Employers engaging gig economy workers with pension savings despite AE rules

Over half (52%) of employers engage their gig economy workers for whom no pension provision is required to be made under UK law, according to the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).

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  • 11 November 2019
Living Wage Foundation campaign to tackle work insecurity still leaves workers ineligible for AE
Living Wage Foundation campaign to tackle work insecurity still leaves workers ineligible for AE

The Living Wage Foundation has launched a campaign to tackle work insecurity after research found one in six workers are in low-paid, unstable work.

  • Industry
  • 12 June 2019
More thought needed on mid-life MOTs, says House of Lords committee
More thought needed on mid-life MOTs, says House of Lords committee

Mid-life MOTs are in danger of "missing those most in need of support", the government has been warned following a review of intergenerational fairness.

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  • 26 April 2019
Uber loses third battle over drivers' pension rights
Uber loses third battle over drivers' pension rights

Uber drivers have had their pension rights confirmed once more after the Court of Appeal ruled they should be classed as workers and entitled to associated rights.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 20 December 2018
Deliveroo 'riders' denied pension rights
Deliveroo 'riders' denied pension rights

Deliveroo riders have been denied pension rights in a gig economy case which has swung against the outcomes of a series of similar court battles.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 06 December 2018
Gig economy worker secures supreme pensions win
Gig economy worker secures supreme pensions win

Pimlico Plumbers loses Supreme Court fight over whether its workforce are 'independent contractors' or 'self-employed' leading to AE entitlements, James Phillips writes

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 June 2018
TPR's powers should not be retrospective
TPR's powers should not be retrospective

Most respondents believe watchdog's powers should not apply to events before they came into force.

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  • 16 February 2018
Have your say: Are investment strategies becoming too complex for the average MNT?
Have your say: Are investment strategies becoming too complex for the average MNT?

This week we want to know whether investment strategies are becoming too complex for the average member-nominated trustee without having actuarial and legal advice.

  • Investment
  • 14 February 2018
AE could 'give gig economy workers £75,000 pots'
AE could 'give gig economy workers £75,000 pots'

Extending auto-enrolment (AE) to workers in the gig economy could grant them a lump sum of £75,600 at retirement, Zurich and Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) research suggests.

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  • 08 November 2017
Technology and culture will lead to 'Uber moment' for saving
Technology and culture will lead to 'Uber moment' for saving

Changes in work culture and technology will lead to an 'Uber moment' for savings at some point in the future, Bravura business development manager Natanje Holt believes.

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  • 06 July 2017
'Gig economy' workers get pensions backing in Pimlico Plumbers ruling
'Gig economy' workers get pensions backing in Pimlico Plumbers ruling

Staff in the 'gig economy' have received a new boost in their case for workers' rights, including pensions, following a landmark ruling against Pimlico Plumbers.

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