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Low cost supermarket Morrisons' net pension liabilities almost halved from £20m to £11m over the 12 months to February 2014.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has urged the government to place an outright ban on exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts where there is no guarantee of work.

Mercer has appointed partner Alan Baker as UK head of defined benefit (DB) risk, replacing Ali Tayyebi who will concentrate on client work.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is to consult on extending defined contribution (DC) charge disclosure proposals to defined benefit (DB) schemes.

Danish pension provider ATP has won a landmark European court case on value-added tax (VAT) for defined contribution (DC) management charges.

Zurich UK Life's chief executive has written to Chancellor George Osborne ahead of the Budget calling for tax rebates to boost income protection (IP) take-up.

Generali UK has upgraded its employee assistance programme (EAP), allowing all UK employees of its group income protection (GIP) policyholders to benefit from the scheme.

Trinity Mirror's pension liabilities rose by £12.5m last year as a result of a fall in the real discount rate from 1.7% to 1.05%, its annual statement showed.

Buck Consultants has teamed up with four of the biggest pension providers to target small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) with a one-stop auto-enrolment (AE) solution.

Three Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) member funds have joined a North American trade union in pushing National Express for better working conditions.