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Tag Archives: Pay
Can a one size fits all approach create pension harmony in the UK?
The FCA and tPR have constructed a simple pensions consumer journey to be a framework for considering a standard response to pensions issues. In this blog, which forms part of my input to their call for evidence, I argue … Continue reading
Sorting the Pension Gender Gap needs more than a nudge
I’ve turned back to the research done by State Street and People’s Pension on the pension adequacy. The report came out a while ago and it’s not had the attention it needs or deserves, you can read it here. … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged annuity, CDC, Employment, gender, Inequality, Pay, pension, pension gap, Pensions, Peoples Pension, Retirement, women
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Does not discussing salaries, only benefit employers?
Having kicked the traces with corporate reward strategies, I now operate a company where everybody knows the wages of the company. For good reason I am AgeWage’s lowest paid employee and I’m proud that we are able to talk about … Continue reading
UCU and UUK “please pack it in!”
My view is simple, the Joint Expert Panel was set up to prevent further disruption, please don’t disrupt further. Continue reading
An inflation-busting “pay-rise” for low earners – but “who pays?”
The Government’s announced that for pay periods starting on or after 1st April 2020 the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by 6.2% – four times the rate of inflation. The NLW (for over 25 year olds) will increase from … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, age wage, pensions
Tagged National Insurance, NMW, NWL, Pay, Payroll, pensions, Tax
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Why are women’s pensions smaller than men’s?
One of the main ways women are penalised in pensions is by net pay schemes. These stop 1.2m low-paid workers (around 800,000 women) claiming tax relief worth around £72m a year. This is an issue easily solved by @HMRCgovuk – … Continue reading
“How we’re paid” is top of #GE17 agenda
If there is a debate going on over who next Governs Britain, how we get paid – as workers and pensioners, is at the heart of it. BREXIT may be the most important political issue , but we are no … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Politics
Tagged #GE17, Field, Frank Field, gig-economy, May, Pay, pensions, Politics, Theresa May, uber
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Why pensions pinch your pay packet
We now know that we are unlikely to get a national pay rise for the rest of the decade. We are worse off in terms of wages than we were ten years ago. What we get paid matters and with … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, economics, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged costs, Pay, pension, Public Sector Pensions, Salary
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Till we know the “money” – shut up about “value”.
I had a number of meeting yesterday culminating in an afternoon spent with members of the Transparency Task Force (TTF), with the FCA and with certain interested observers. I can report the meeting happened and what was said but … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Asset management, assets, Business, charges, costs, Money, Pay, value, Value for Money
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“The re-nationalisation of pensions”
Who pays? – Scheme Pays! Buried deep in the technical pages of HMRC’s pension regulations is reference to a breezy topic “Scheme Pays“. “Scheme Pays” allows an occupational pension scheme to pay a member’s tax bill where the member has … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged George Osborne, Government pensions, Pay, Payroll, pension, scheme pays, Tax, Taxation
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