| 1 | Information and consultation obligations in employment ... This overview explains when employers must inform and consult employee representatives. This can be in the context of transnational information, where European Works Councils exist, or with national consultative bodies for national matters. At national level, there are also specific events which trigger consultation obligations, such as collective redundancies and TUPE transfers. This overview does not deal with how to set up consultative bodies or collective bargaining with recognised trade unions. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Pensions aspects of the Equality Act 2010: overview An overview of the pensions aspects of the Equality Act 2010. This Practice note outlines the political background to the Act, the sources of law that it replaces and the impact of the Act on types of discrimination that are key for pension lawyers. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Calculating pensions loss on termination of employment This practice note looks at how compensation for loss of pension rights should be calculated when an employee's employment is terminated. The note considers the approach that the tribunal is likely to adopt in unfair dismissal claims and highlights points relevant to compromising pension claims. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Consulting with employees on pension changes This practice note considers the requirement on employers to consult with their employees before making certain changes to their pension schemes. The requirement covers a number of prescribed changes that are set out in regulations. These include an employer deciding to close a scheme to new members, stop existing members accruing further benefits, or change the basis on which members accrue benefits. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Directors' remuneration: corporate governance issues A note on the corporate governance influences on director's remuneration. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Directors' service agreements and regulatory issues This note considers the issues involved in negotiating and drafting directors' service agreements, including pay and benefit provisions and how to protect the company on termination of employment. The note also deals with the regulatory framework affecting the employment terms of listed company directors. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Directors' service contracts: disclosure, notice periods and ... A note on directors' service contracts and in particular, the requirements as to the disclosure of service contracts, notice periods and compensation for loss of office. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Discrimination: key concepts (pre-October 2010) This practice note contains analysis of the concepts central to discrimination law in employment (pre-October 2010). This note concerns the law applicable before 1 October 2010. On that date, the majority of the Equality Act 2010 took effect, harmonising and strengthening the previous workplace discrimination legislation concerning age, disability, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. For infomation on the Equality Act, see A toolkit: discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. | Practice notes | 30-Sep-2010 |
| 9 | Equalisation of pension benefits following Barber: recent ... This practice note looks at the effect of the decision in Barber v Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group and, in particular, the recent cases that have arisen from defective attempts to equalise pension benefits between the sexes. The note also considers the scope for claims to be made by trustees and employers against their former professional advisers. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Equality Act 2010: employment implications This note provides background to the Equality Act 2010 and brief analysis of the Act's key employment-related provisions. It is no longer maintained. PLC Employment has now published a suite of more detailed, maintained practice notes on the Act, which can be accessed via A toolkit: discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. | Practice notes | 30-Sep-2010 |
| 11 | Implied terms in employment contracts This note examines the ways in which rights and obligations which are not the subject of an express contractual term may be implied into an employment contract. The note also considers the key terms that are usually implied into employment contracts and their practical effects on the employment relationship. It makes suggestions on how they can be dealt with pro-actively by express agreement. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Key topics citator A "reverse" citator setting out the main legislative provisions, regulatory materials, leading cases and determinations of the Pensions Ombudsman for some key topics in occupational pensions. Links are also included to the main PLC Pensions materials available for each topic. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Pension rights during maternity, paternity, parental and ... This practice notes looks at employees' pension entitlement during maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave. It sets out the legislative framework in this area, the employer's obligations in view of the type of pension scheme offered and the different treatment applicable to periods of paid and unpaid leave. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Pensions and discrimination claims This practice note considers the various types of discrimination claims that affect occupational pension schemes. It examines sex discrimination issues, including in relation to GMP equalisation, part-time worker claims and the recent Test-Achats judgment, as well as issues in relation to discrimination because of age, employment status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability and religion or belief. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Pensions in the employment contract This practice note looks at the typical provisions in an employment contract that relate to pensions and the legal issues that arise when employers want to make changes to pensions terms. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Pensions issues on a TUPE transfer A note on the issues that arise in relation to pension arrangements on a relevant transfer which is subject to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006. For a discussion of the case law affecting this area, see Practice note, TUPE: pensions cases. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Pensions: age discrimination This practice note considers the pensions aspects of the age discrimination legislation. Since 1 December 2006, it has been unlawful for employers and trustees of occupational pension schemes to discriminate against, or to harass members, on grounds of their age. This note examines the age discrimination rules and the exemptions, the implications for scheme trustees and employers and areas, such as flexible retirement, where the effect of the legislation is uncertain. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Salary sacrifice arrangements This practice note is a guide to the use of salary and bonus sacrifice arrangements. | Practice notes | Maintained |