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The Pensions Brief - August 2024

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The Pensions Brief is a monthly update for trustees and employers of occupational pension schemes in the UK. It provides headline summaries of developments over the previous month and associated action points. It also...more

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Pensions: DC trustee agenda update - September 2024

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Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DC pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings and to support the legal update item on your next...more

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The Pensions Brief - July 2024

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ESG – compliance review findings - The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published the findings from its review of how trustees are complying with their wider ESG duties. The review concludes that while 99% of trustees of...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FAQs: UK Employee Equity Incentive Annual Reporting Deadline Approaching

2023/2024 Annual Returns Must Be Filed by July 6, 2024 - Companies operating employee equity incentive arrangements in the United Kingdom, including companies incorporated or registered outside of the United Kingdom, are...more

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DB Pension Scheme Funding – Pensions Regulator 2024 Annual Funding Statement

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its 2024 annual funding statement which is targeted at DB schemes undergoing valuations with effective dates between 22 September 2023 and 21 September 2024. It is also relevant to...more

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TPR Report: Key Steps Trustees Should Take if a Cyber Security Incident Occurs

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a regulatory intervention report outlining how they worked with Capita following a cyber incident last year (see our legal update), and detailing the key steps trustees should take...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Government Taskforce to Produce Guidance for Pensions Sector to Consider Social Factors in Investment Decisions

On October 19, 2023, the UK government’s Taskforce on Social Factors (Taskforce) launched a consultation to produce guidance on how pension funds can consider social issues in their investment decisions. The guide is intended...more

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Class Action Pay Transparency Lawsuits On The Rise

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As we predicted, pay transparency has become a priority for employers worldwide in 2023. Governments and organizations are taking major steps to address disparities in pay and ensure workplace fairness. Failing to comply...more

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FAQs: UK Employee Equity Incentive Annual Reporting Deadline Approaching - 2022/2023 Annual Returns Must Be Filed by July 6, 2023

Companies operating employee equity incentive arrangements in the United Kingdom, including companies incorporated or registered outside of the United Kingdom, are mandated to file an online annual return with HM Revenue &...more

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UK Autumn Statement Round-up

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UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Autumn Statement (Medium-term Fiscal Plan) on November 17, 2022. The plan states that the government’s priorities are “stability, growth and public services,” and sets a markedly...more

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Bathgate v Technip: Waiving Future Statutory Employment Claims in the Channel Islands

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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) in the UK has held that unknown future statutory claims cannot be compromised by a settlement agreement. In the same case, the EAT also addressed a second jurisdictional issue in respect...more

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Employment measures against inflation in France and in the UK

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In response to rising inflation, the French and UK governments have instituted various measures that affect employers. - France - During the presidential campaign, Macron’s Government promised to increase purchasing...more

Cooley LLP

UK Reporting for Share Plans With UK Participants Due July 6

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The deadline is approaching for the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) year-end reporting requirements for companies in the UK, US and elsewhere with share options and other share awards granted to, and share acquisitions by, UK...more

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UK Pensions newsletter - April 2022

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Welcome to Hogan Lovells UK pension team’s April 2022 newsletter, covering highlights from the previous month. Contents GMP equalisation update Encouraging DC schemes to invest in illiquid assets Notifiable events update ...more

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Key Developments for Employers in the UK - Issue 3

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Welcome to the third edition of The Employment Edit – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative....more

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Equalisation of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs): What About Transfers Out?

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A further judgment from the High Court has clarified what pension schemes must do in relation to previous transfers out after 17 May 1990 (the date of the Barber decision) where the transferring member had a right to a...more

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Replacing Pay with Equity to Preserve Cash in a COVID Economy

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As pandemic effects linger, companies intent on avoiding layoffs are looking at compensating workers with equity in lieu of cash as part of their pay. In August 2020, the United Kingdom began winding down its Coronavirus...more

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Alert: Year-End Reporting for Equity Incentive Plans With UK Participants Due July 6

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The deadline is approaching for the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) year-end reporting requirement for UK, US and other companies with respect to options and other equity incentive awards granted to, and share acquisitions by,...more

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UK Employment Rate and Compensation Increases Now in Effect - Updated

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The compensation limits on Employment Tribunal awards and certain other amounts payable under UK employment legislation have increased with effect from 6 April 2020. This Alert sets out the latest changes in full and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

COVID-19 UK: Employee Share Incentives – Helping companies through the downturn – Insight

Most companies, particularly startups, are well aware that their equity is a powerful recruitment and retention tool. In a downturn, when companies may be facing decreasing profits and cashflow difficulties, share-based...more

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Alert: Considerations for UK Companies to Take with Share Options and Other Compensation Arrangements in Light of the Coronavirus...

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As COVID-19 spreads throughout the United Kingdom and around the globe, companies are wondering what they can or should be doing to ensure the on-going effectiveness of their share-based compensation and other incentive...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.30.2019 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot in Merger Talks

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Fiat Chrysler and France’s Peugeot are in the midst of merger talks that, if finalized, could “create a nearly $50 billion trans-Atlantic auto giant.” One option being bandied about in the “fluid” talks is an “all-share...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: New UK Tax Rules on Off-Payroll Working – Time to Take Action

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Important new UK tax rules will make businesses responsible for payroll taxes where individuals are engaged through an intermediary (such as the individual's own personal service company, or "PSC"), and impose a new...more

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GMP equalisation through conversion

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- Most defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK are affected by the High Court decision in October last year that schemes must equalise for the unequal effect of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs) on men and women. -...more

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Employment News: IR35, Maternity, working time

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Consultation on reforming the off-payroll working rules - HMRC has issued a consultation on implementation of reforms to the off-payroll working rules, which will be extended to the private sector from April 2020. ...more

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