BA isn't the only employer under pressure

Jonathan Stapleton says the BA case highlights the friction between firms and pensioners

Jonathan Stapleton
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The small claims court victory by pensioner in the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) against British Airways (BA) over the shift from retail (RPI) to consumer (CPI) prices indexation has shone a spotlight on the increasing tense relationship between employers and the staff they used to employ.

In the most recent case (PP Online, 13 November), BA was ordered to pay compensation to BA pensioner Ian Fullalove over losses he suffered since the APS switched from RPI to CPI in 2011. Some 50 o...

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