20 Oct
2016
Government makes U-turn on pension annuities
___ Concern over lack of consumer protection leads Treasury to abandon scheme The government is to scrap plans to allow pensioners to cash in their pension annuities in exchange for a lump sum, saying they could not guarantee sufficient consumer protection, the Treasury has announced. The plans, revealed in the March 2015 budget by… Continue reading
20 Oct
2016
Campaign for paid compassionate leave for bereaved parents
__ Will employees gain an entitlement to take two weeks off? A private member’s bill, entitling all employees to two weeks’ paid leave if they lose a child under 18, has been introduced in parliament. A second reading of the bill is due on 28 October. Unlike Europe, UK employees do not currently have… Continue reading