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In July 2017, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Walker v Innospec Limited & Others that an exemption in the UK Equality Act 2010 is discriminatory and in breach of EU equality law.

The Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding Standard Reserve) Regulations, 2013 and the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, 2013 have come into force and the Social and Welfare and Pensions Act, 2013 has been enacted.

Here is a selection of our recent publications on subjects that may affect you or your business. For more information on any of the topics covered in this edition, please contact the people listed...

The Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2025 (the "Act" - here) has now been commenced, coming into force on 9 May 2025.

A recent Court of Appeal decision in the UK has ruled that individuals facing bankruptcy cannot be forced to hand over their pensions to pay off outstanding debts.

In Chubb European Group SE v. Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman [2023] IEHC 74, the High Court set aside a decision of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (‘FSPO').

As per our October 2022 briefing, auto-enrolment (AE) is to be introduced in Ireland following approval of the General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill (AE Heads of Bill).

An increase in the number of workers seeking to continue in employment beyond the State pension age of 66 posed a key issue for many employers across 2023.

Master trusts are a form of multi-employer pension scheme for unconnected employers. They are expected to become an increasingly popular alternative to standalone defined contribution (DC) schemes...

New guidance on issues surrounding retirement has been published by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.

Travelling in Europe is becoming increasingly difficult with the imposition of additional security checks. However, as far as your pension is concerned it may be about to become a whole lot easier.

The Irish Prime Minister, Mr Leo Varadkar recently announced that the Irish Government will "publish a five year road map for pensions reform before the end of the year".

This feature of the DB pension sector in Ireland is one of the main reasons for the dramatic decline in DB pension schemes from circa 1500 in 2008 to just under 500 today.

At an unprecedented €17.75bn, Budget 2021 is the largest in Irish history.

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, has announced changes to defined benefit pension provision. First, the existing statutory minimum funding standard (the "MFS") will be re-instated for a transitional period of three years.

The CJEU issued judgment on 25 April 2013 in respect of the questions put to it by the Irish High Court in July 2011 in relation to the claims of ten former employees of Waterford Crystal that the State had failed to properly implement Directive 2008/94 (the "Insolvency Directive") to protect their pension benefits on the insolvency of Waterford Crystal.

In response to the Pensions Commission Recommendations and Implementation Plan, the Government committed to a range of pension reforms which included a commitment...