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The Impact of Indexing: 13 Real World Examples

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Pension COLAs - Pension benefits for some retirees are also indexed for inflation. An example is pensions for federal government workers and military retirees and disabled veterans. a $59 increase for every $1,000 of benefits) in 2022. Other pensions have frozen or suspended COLAs for their retirees (e.g.,

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Make the Most of Free Money

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Common sources are businesses, individuals, and the government. Inheritances are not considered taxable income by the federal government but earnings on inherited assets (e.g., Public Benefits- This is cash or services provided by government or non-profit agencies. stock or mutual fund shares) are taxable.

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[Podcast]: Special Financial Assistance for Multi-employer Pension Plans (Part 2)

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This episode of The Proskauer Benefits Brief is the second of our three-part series analyzing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) guidance on the new special financial assistance program for troubled multiemployer pension plans that was created by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

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What does the government’s pots-for-life plan mean for employers?

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Credt: P Maxwell Photography/Shutterstock The pension pots-for-life plan take the onus off of employees to keep track of their pensions as they move jobs. Clarification is needed on how employers would manage the process of putting employees’ contributions into many different pension pots. But it’s all in the execution.”

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Laura Trott appointed minister for pensions

Employee Benefits

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Laura Trott MBE as minister for pensions, after predecessor Alex Burghart officially held the role for less than one month. Trott was appointed on 27 October, and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made the announcement on 7 November via its official Twitter account.

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What do employers need to know about the pensions lifetime allowance abolition?

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Credit: Natata/Shutterstock Need to know: The abolition of the pensions lifetime allowance in April will require an overhaul of employee communications, and a revaluation of pension scheme design and administration, including opportunities to simplify the scheme and reduce the cost of running it.

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Audrey Williams: How can EU equal pay regulation benefit UK workers?

Employee Benefits

The government has confirmed that it will ensure European Union (EU) derived protection under equal pay laws will remain in place for employees and workers. The government’s announcement confirms that the wider single source argument will remain, and specific regulations to implement the terms of Article 157 will be introduced.

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