TUPE loophole lands employers with unexpected obligations

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Employers taking on business transfers could be on the hook for unexpected life assurance benefits, thanks to a quirk in Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations.

Bluefin head of technical and marketing Robin Hames said a 2005 change in the definition of occupational pensions - to exclude schemes providing only benefits on death in service - has had unintend...

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