by @Muvhango Lukhaimane | Nov 2, 2023 | Legislation & Regulation, Pension Funds Act, Pension Funds Adjudicator
Muvhango Lukhaimane, Pension Funds Adjudicator The reshaping of the regulatory landscape for financial services has been welcomed by the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OFPA). The OPFA is collaborating closely with the newly established Ombud...
by @Muvhango Lukhaimane | Oct 30, 2023 | Legal opinions / rulings, Legislation & Regulation, Pension Funds Act, Pension Funds Adjudicator
Muvhango Lukhaimane, Pension Funds Adjudicator One of the advantages of a specialist tribunal such as the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA) is that parties can rest assured that there is a repository of specialist pensions law knowledge that...
by @Muvhango Lukhaimane | Oct 19, 2023 | Company Results, Employee Benefits, Pension Funds Adjudicator
Muvhango Lukhaimane, Pension Funds Adjudicator There has been an upward trend in new complaints reaching the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA), moving towards pre-Covid levels. New complaints received for 2022/23 saw an increase of 4% when...
by @Muvhango Lukhaimane | Aug 23, 2023 | Employee Benefits, Legal opinions / rulings, Legislation & Regulation, Pension Funds Act, Pension Funds Adjudicator, Section 37C
Muvhango Lukhaimane, Pension Funds Adjudicator Pretoria – 21 August 2023: The Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator has been inundated by a raft of complaints about unnecessary delays in the payment of death benefits. Three recent cases involved Old...
by @Muvhango Lukhaimane | Aug 4, 2023 | Employee Benefits, Legal opinions / rulings, Legislation & Regulation, Pension Funds Adjudicator
Muvhango Lukhaimane, Pension Funds Adjudicator Pretoria, 4 August 2023 While even limited financial security is beyond the reach of many as they battle to eke out a living, others can plan for their future financial well-being with a pension, says...
by @Muvhango Lukhaimane | Jun 12, 2023 | Employee Benefits, Legal opinions / rulings, Legislation & Regulation, Pension Funds Act, Pension Funds Adjudicator, Section 13A
Muvhango Lukhaimane, Pension Funds Adjudicator Pretoria – 8 June 2023: A provident fund has been taken to task by the Pension Funds Adjudicator for failing in its duty to enforce a determination to ensure that the employer pays contributions timeously. ...