Official Quotes Showing How Members Were Misled
Examples of quotes from official documents which misled members into believing their pensions were safe.
Security of Occupational Pensions – What's gone wrong?
Presentation given at Pensions Management Institute Spring conference, 11th March 2004, discussing the case for compensation and asking PMI members to support this cause.
Press Release Calling for Compensation and Highlighting Case Studies
Press release ahead of Parliamentary debate on pensions, to call for the Government to compensate those who lost their pensions. This also includes case study examples of how the situation has affected the victims’ lives.
First Research Estimates of Compensation September 2003
Original research to try to establish likely numbers of people affected by pension wind ups and potential maximum costs of compensation.
Pensions Summit Presentation Outlining Compensation Proposals
Presentation given at the aPensions Summit’ at House of Commons on 4th November 2003, explaining why and how Government should compensate members of employer final salary schemes who have lost their pensions on insolvency.
Victory for Employees of Maersk – Wake up call to trustees
Press release issued in reaction to the surprise decision by the Maersk parent company to agree to honour its pension commitments to scheme members in full, even though the law does not require this. This is a awake up call’ to trustees and members to ensure they put proper pressure on other employers to do the same.
Compensation is Urgent – Pensions Week
Article published in Pensions Week in November 2003 explaining the case for urgently agreeing compensation for workers who have lost their pensions in final salary schemes.
Support for Legal Action by Unions Against Government
Press Release issued on November 2nd 2003 to support union legal action against the Government, issuing a writ claiming compensation for ASW workers who have lost most of their pensions on the insolvency of their employer’.
Response to Patience Wheatcroft comments on compensation for victims of wound-up schemes
Comments in response to a column by Patience Wheatcroft in The Times, in which she cast doubt on the merits of the case for compensation.
The Case for Government Compensation for Insolvent Employer Pension Victims
A brief paper outlining why and how the Government should compensate members of insolvent employer’s pension schemes, when they have lost their promised pensions.