Employment And Labor

The Pensions Regulator has published final versions of its new Codes of Practice on monitoring money purchase pension contributions and reporting late payments. The two Codes (there are parallel versions for trustees of occupational pension schemes and for insurers or other providers of personal pensions) are less prescriptive than was originally proposed. They now also include material on the responsibility of employers and members to check that contributions are paid correctly and on time.

We are often asked questions about whether certain steps are necessary for procedural fairness. For example, do we need to put written allegations to a respondent? What if someone attends an interview with a lawyer? How long should we give an employee before asking for a response to allegations? There is often no simple answer. A number of factors are relevant in determining whether there has been procedural fairness.

An article discussing the use of social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter by employees, and what employers need to consider when employees use these outlets on or off of the clock.