Pension age discrimination review begins this week

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) delayed the pensions part of the new legislation, which came into effect on 1 October, for two months to allow employers and the industry to understand the rules and highlight any outstanding issues. Although there are no details available about what the amending regulation will say, Nigel Moore, from law firm CMS Cameron McKenna, suggested at the Pensions Management Institute’s (PMI) autumn conference last week, the “likelihood is there will be more exemptions rather than less”. He pointed out at the moment the firm has worked out a checklist ...