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'Working and saving for retirement' — New Labour's reform of company pensions
Author(s)	Mark Hyde, John Dixon
Journal title	Critical Social Policy, vol 24, no 2, issue 79, May 2004
Pages	pp 270-282
Source	http://www.sagepublications.com
Keywords	Private pensions ; Preparation [retirement] ; Retirement policy ; Employers ; Social policy ; Labour.
Annotation	In recent policy statements issued with the theme of "Simplicity, security and choice", the Labour government has developed a series of reforms for employer-sponsored company pension schemes, an integral element of the contracting out arrangement of compulsory second-tier pensions. At best, the reforms are ambivalent. While they deal with a number of important issues, they are likely to reinforce income insecurity. Above all, the authors identify a range of issues that must be integral to the reform of company pensions, but that have been ignored by the government: compulsory employer contributions; universality; and the role of employees in sponsoring and administering pension schemes. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040518207 A
Classmark	JK: GA: G5: TF: TM2: VL3
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