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5 steps to help employees engage with their pensions

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Whilst reducing contributions now would make relatively small savings each month, the impact on retirement savings in later life will be dramatic, due to lost employer contributions and tax relief.” It’s therefore more important than ever to ensure employees are engaged with their pensions.

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Do employees really need to be concerned about the Lifetime Allowance right now?

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Also, many employees in defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are unaware that their pension is valued at twenty times their annual pension for LTA purposes, and so an annual pension of £30,000 has a value of £600,000 for the purpose of testing it against the LTA.

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Laura Trott appointed minister for pensions

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Trott has taken over responsibility for pensioner benefits including state, private and occupational provisions, as well as oversight of bodies such as The Pensions Regulator (TPR). Present press speculation around tax allowances for pensions are particularly concerning.

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Early and multiple interventions will improve pensions engagement!

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Many workplaces now provide early interventions through financial wellbeing programmes that include financial education and guidance including the use of digital tools such as the WEALTH at work Financial Healthcheck.”.

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Tracy McMullen: Ashurst engages all staff in pension savings

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At Ashurst, we closely consider the pension and benefits we offer and focus particularly on how we engage our people in these offerings to ensure they are of maximum benefit. This means ensuring they are not only relevant but that employees are engaged with what is available to them.

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What employees need to know to reduce the impact of the LTA

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million pension savers [1] are set to reach the limit and will be hit with a tax charge of 55% in retirement. Further to this, any tax free cash received from the pension will also need to be added to this figure and tested against the members available LTA.

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The Pros and Cons of Standalone Overseas Employees in the Remote Work Era

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Challenges for Businesses Legal and tax implications The biggest headache when hiring overseas is compliance with local laws. Taxation issues and pension complications If the employee is given the nod to work in a country, they have to pay the tax that they owe.

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