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Health Canada identifies lithium-ion batteries, infant bath seats, and water beads as hazards of concern
Health Canada has recently identified three new classes of products that pose a hazard of concern.
United Kingdom | Publication | September 2022
The CMG scheme had experienced problems following historical mistakes made in the execution of rule amendments relating to the equalisation of normal retirement date for all members and a reduction in the accrual rate.
The scheme rules included the following provision:
Members had been paid lump sums in compensation for underpayments but the employer claimed that the above rule closed off this avenue after six years. The Trustee argued that the rule was merely intended to free up orphaned benefits and identifying missing beneficiaries. The Trustee’s claim was that identifiable members’ benefits were not extinguished, and shortfalls of historic benefits should still be paid.
The court also decided that where trustees seek to recover overpaid benefits by reducing members’ future benefit payments, a county court order is required and a direction from the Pensions Ombudsman will not suffice.
The Lloyds judgment discounted any possibility of a statutory limitation applying to payment of arrears of GMP equalisation benefits but after this judgment it is possible that certain scheme rules may mean limitation applies, depending on the particular way the relevant provisions are expressed.
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Health Canada has recently identified three new classes of products that pose a hazard of concern.
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An employer’s ability to ask for a sick note when an employee is absent from work due to illness is becoming increasingly curtailed across Canada.
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Since 2022, the Government of Canada has introduced three waves of amendments to the Competition Act (Act), making substantive changes to Canada’s competition laws, with the most recent amendments receiving royal assent on June 20, 2024.
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