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The Government has published a revised timetable for pensions auto-enrolment.
From 1 October 2012, and depending on the size of the PAYE scheme, employers will have to enrol eligible employees automatically...
Government announces changes to pensions auto-enrolment timetable
From 1 October 2012, new laws come into force, requiring all employers in Great Britain to automatically enrol eligible “jobholders” into a pension scheme.
Automatic enrolment was introduced for...
Employment law: what to expect in 2012
2012 is expected to be a very busy year for employment law, with the Government recently announcing a raft of proposals to reform employment law and changes to the employment tribunal system.
I have...
MAB employment law events in March
February has been a very busy month so far for Matthew Arnold & Baldwin’s employment team… and March will be the same.
We are hosting and taking part in a number of seminars that look at key...
CIPD seminar: Employment law update – 25 November
My colleague, Krishna Santra, and I are presenting a CIPD seminar at Middlesex University Business School on Thursday 25 November 2010.
We will be discussing a number of important issues that are relevant...
Annual and lifetime pensions allowances to be reduced
On 14 October 2010, HM Treasury published a summary of the responses that were made to its discussion paper on restricting pensions tax relief. I outlined the discussion paper’s proposals back in August.
As...
Changes to Pensions
As we have reported previously the Government have been looking at restricting Pensions relief for some time now.
The Treasury have just now issused the following press release, which we will consider...
Government consults on alternative to restricting pensions tax relief
Back in June, I wrote about the Chancellor’s announcement in his emergency budget that the Government would look at overhauling legislation that would restrict pensions tax relief from April 2011. The...
Restricting pensions tax relief for high earners: time for another consultation…
Earlier this week, I wrote an article warning that restrictions on pensions tax relief were due to come into effect on 6 April 2011, but that in his forthcoming Budget speech, the Chancellor of the Exchequer...
High earners beware: restrictions on pensions tax relief are just around the corner…
The Government is coming under increasing pressure from business groups and accountants to reverse the planned reduction in tax relief on pension contributions, which is due to come into effect in April...