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This week's top stories include Heathrow Airport's defined benefit plan completing a £325m buy-in with Legal & General, and gig economy workers getting a renewed boost to their right to join a workplace pension.

Catherine Howarth says one way to engage savers, and ultimately increase voluntary contributions, is to appeal to their values

Pimlico Plumbers loses Supreme Court fight over whether its workforce are 'independent contractors' or 'self-employed' leading to AE entitlements, James Phillips writes

Senior staff at national recruitment agency Workchain have pleaded guilty to illegally opting temporary staff out of their workplace pension scheme, leading to The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) first criminal conviction under this offence.

The number of people saving into a workplace pension has hit an all-time high, with 17.7 million people actively participating last year, latest government data shows.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has fined a scheme after it failed to notify the regulator it had appointed a professional trustee, in the first instance of a penalty being levied for this reason.

The pensions watchdog has appointed enforcement officers to seize assets from employers who fail to pay fines relating to their schemes. Victoria Ticha asks if this is the right approach

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned it will seize assets from employers who fail to pay fines relating to their schemes in a further strengthening of its enforcement activity.

It has again been suggested self-employed workers could enjoy pension provision through the tax return process. James Phillips explores the latest proposals

Bus company Stotts Tours (Oldham) faces the prospect of losing its operating licence after deliberately failing to enrol its eligible workers into a pension scheme.