Eversheds

The UK has the lowest gross replacement rate in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for state pensions, the TUC says.

Government must amend legislation and regulation to move away from a culture that punishes companies for doing more than the legal pensions minimum, delegates heard.

Proposed changes to public sector pensions are "unpalatable" as previous cuts have already slashed pots by 25%, delegates heard.

Private sector pension provision in the UK has gradually been "ratcheted down" to inadequate levels and should not be repeated in public sector reforms, Lord Hutton says.

Projected costs of enforcing the auto-enrolment regime were redacted from the Making Auto-enrolment Work Review but are substantial, delegates heard.

The heavily criticised judgment on compromise agreements in the IMG case has been overturned by the Court of Appeal.

An increased volume of Pensions Ombudsman cases received last year spells "potential trouble" for the time taken to deal with cases in the future, Eversheds warns.

Schemes that have bought out member benefits to Pension Protection Fund levels are still being forced to pay the lifeboat's levy despite posing it no threat, a lawyer says.

Tom Selby looks at the potentially costly clarification of equal pay regulations for local authorities

Employers who thought they were free of funding obligations might still be "on the hook" for paying liabilities, following a High Court ruling yesterday.