Gender equality and the pensions acts 2007-2008

Industrial Law Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-148

  Sargeant, Malcolm ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61849111306     PISSN: 03059332     EISSN: 14643669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/indlaw/dwn034     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Cm 5677 Department for Work and Pensions (2002).
2. The Gender Impact of Pensions Reform (2007) DWP; see also the First Report of the Pensions Commission (2004) TSO.
3. See the First Report of the Pensions Commission (2004) TSO.
4. William A. Casson, Old Age Pensions Act 1908 (Chas. Knight & Co, London, 1908).
5. Widows' Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act 1925.
6. The National Insurance Act 1946.
7. Social Insurance and Allied Services Inter Departmental Committee Report by Sir William Beveridge 1942 Cmd. 6404.
8. See the explanatory notes to the Act.
9. A category A pension is contributory and in two parts: One is a basic state pension related to the number of qualifying years in working life and the second is an additional state pension dependent upon earnings, or deemed earnings, since April 1978. A category B pension is also contributory and payable by virtue of the earnings and qualifying years of spouse or civil partner.
10. Alison O'Connell, 'EOC/ABI seminar on improving women's income in retirement' at www. pensionspolicyinstitute.org.uk (2004)
11. The Gender Impact of Pensions Reform (2007) DWP.
12. J. Ginn and S. Arber, 'Pension Penalties: The Gendered Division of Occupational Welfare' (1993) Work, Employment and Society 7,1, 47-70.
13. Factors affecting retirement (2000) Department for Education and Science Research Report 236b.
14. Orla Gough, 'Why Do Employees, Particularly Women, Reject Occupational Pension Schemes?' (2004) Employee Relations 26, 5, 480-94.
15. Taken from the web site of the Equal Opportunities Commission, now subsumed into the Commission for Equality and Human Rights www.equalityhumanrights.com; Parliamentary Briefing on the Pensions Bill 16th January 2007. Figure correct for 2005.
16. Pensions Bill - Impact Assessment (2008) DWP.
17. The Gender Impact of Pensions Reform (2007) DWP.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. Djuna Thurley, 'House of Commons Research Paper 08/27' (2008) Pensions Bill: Committee Stage Report.
21. See First Report of the Pensions Commission, Pensions and Women (2004) Ch 8.