Pensions and Retirement




420,000 more workers could miss out on a workplace pension, warns TUC

The TUC has today (Thursday) warned that the government's decision to raise the earnings threshold for auto enrolment into workplace pensions to £9,440 from next April will exclude hundreds of thousands more staff, most of whom are women, from saving...

13 December 2012
Pension charges code is ‘a big step forward', says TUC

The TUC has welcomed the new code of conduct on communicating information about charges in defined contribution (DC) schemes to employers, published today (Wednesday) by the pensions industry.

28 November 2012
Big divide in fund manager positions on company reports

There was a sharp divide in the positions taken by fund managers last year, with a small number backing 85 per cent of company resolutions and a small minority supporting 25 per cent or less, according to the latest TUC Fund Manager Voting survey pub...

27 November 2012
New plan an important step in improving workplace pensions, says TUC

Commenting on the publication today (Thursday) of the government's new reinvigoration strategy for workplace pensions, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

22 November 2012
Low-paid workers hit by poor pension provision and low contribution rates

Low-paid workers are far less likely to have a workplace pension, and those that do have far lower employer contribution rates, according to a new TUC report published today (Wednesday) that assesses the health of UK pension provision.

31 October 2012
TUC member Trustee News Autumn 2012

In this issue: Making Pensions Work for People; Flexibilities in scheme funding framework; Directors' pensions increase again; Pensions Regulator reminds trustees on record-keeping deadline; Responsible investment round-up; DC charges; Gender-spec...

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30 October 2012



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