7/12/2006: Advisers See Threat to Pensions and Benefits from EU Rules on Discrimination (The Herald via NewsEdge Corporation via Human Resource Executive Online; free registration required)

Excerpt: The new European regulations on age discrimination at work, due to take effect in less than three months' time, could lead to employers abandoning pension schemes and cutting other workplace benefits, according to leading advisers. The new rules could also lead to employees claiming their pension whilst insisting on staying in their job, when the changes become law on October 1.