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TPR issues guidance on communicating to members during COVID-19

Introduction On 29 April 2020, TPR published guidance on communicating to members during COVID-19. It is designed to help members avoid making hasty decisions during these uncertain times. Click here for a PDF of this alert. In this Alert...

Hot topic: GDPR – a reminder for trustees

The current global coronavirus pandemic is forcing trustees and their advisers to work remotely on a scale never seen before. All parties have had to rapidly adapt their processes in order to ensure the continuation of business as usual....

Automatic enrolment and pension contributions: COVID-19 guidance for employers

Update: As of June 2020, the Guidance has been updated to recognise that: from 1 July 2020, furloughed employees may work part-time and from 1 August 2020, employers will no longer be able to claim a grant for pension contributions. In...

Hot topic: The impact of COVID-19 on member complaints

The impact of COVID-19 is widespread and significant, presenting challenges for trustees and employers in relation to members’ benefits. There is clearly the potential for a spike in member complaints as a result of the current...

DB scheme funding and investment: TPR’s COVID-19 guidance for trustees

Update: On 16 June 2020, TPR published a “major rewrite” of this Guidance, designed to consolidate various strands of its guidance, to provide an update on TPR’s view of the impact of Coronavirus, to explain how TPR will continue to...