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Members prior to 1 April 2015 retain rights to remain in the 1995 or 2008 section of the existing scheme for an age-dependent limited time, after which they must transition to the 2015 scheme unless they reach the normal retirement age of their old scheme first. [2] The NHS Pension Scheme has 1.7 million members actively contributing, 713,000 ...
The Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) is the minimum pension which a United Kingdom occupational pension scheme has to provide for those employees who were contracted out of the State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme (SERPS) between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997. The amount is said to be 'broadly equivalent' to the amount the member would have ...
Part VI in sections 111 to 118 contains further protections for scheme members regarding voluntary contributions and disclosure. Part VII, in sections 119 to 128, set out the rules for insolvent schemes and the duty of the Secretary of State to reimburse employees, but was then replaced by the Pensions Act 1995..
A requirement for pension schemes to have member nominated trustees; Greater disclosure of information to members; The introduction of clear documentation showing what should be paid into a scheme, and monitoring of those contributions; A minimum rate of increase to apply once in payment to pension earned after the date on which the Act came ...
In the second half of the 20th century, there was a succession of legislative changes to protect pension scheme members, prevent abuse of the generous tax-reliefs available and prevent fraudulent activity. Some of these changes were precipitated by Robert Maxwell's plundering of the Mirror Pension Funds. [6]
Pension Law Reform (1993) Cm 2342, also known as the Goode Report after its leading author, Roy Goode, was a UK government commissioned inquiry into the state of pensions in the United Kingdom, which ultimately led to a set of statutory reforms in the Pensions Act 1995.
The 2015 scheme involves paying towards a pension which will be based on the average of a member's pensionable earnings throughout their whole career, with a revaluation of active members benefits in line with the Consumer price index plus 1.5 per cent per annum. [47] [48] The 1995/2008 scheme is closed to new entrants.
The Old State Pension, consisting of the Basic State Pension (alongside the Graduated Retirement Benefit, the State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme, and the State Second Pension; collectively known as Additional State Pension), is a benefit payable to men born before 6 April 1951, and to women born before 6 April 1953.