Pensions Act 1995

Pensions

and adaptability on the other need very careful adjustment. It is pleasing to read that the authors advocate giving full range to the more generous sentiments of human nature, and that they treat this subject sympathetically, but at the same time they endeavour to eliminate abuse as far as possible. The scheme of the book is interesting, it traces the history of the pension system from its ince...

CEO Pensions

We examine whether CEO power can explain the vast amount defined benefit pensions received by them. Analyzing a sample of UK firms from 2003 to 2006, we find that pensions constitutes of almost 15% of the average CEO compensation. Statistical analysis shows that the variables representing increased CEO power have a positive influence on pension pay. We also find that the presence of defined ben...

Public Pensions

All industrial democracies have public pension or social security schemes that account for a substantial portion of the disposal income of the aged. Although some countries introduced public pensions as early as the 19 century, large scale social security systems did not emerge as an important feature of the welfare state in most OECD countries until after World War II. The involvement of the g...

Widows' Pensions

Wound Pensions

to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion, as to whether damage, structural or functional, not impairing locomotion, but seriously affecting comfort and capacity could be conscientiously pronounced to be " equivalent, or nearly equivalent, etc." The foundation of the phrase was altogether faulty. It included one effect of ?"jury and left every other effect out. Hardship and injustice were no doubt...