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Auto-enrolment

Under pensions auto-enrolment, UK employers are legally required to set up a workplace pension for all qualifying employees.

The government introduced auto-enrolment in 2012 to help more people save for their retirement. Since then around 10 million people have been auto-enrolled and are saving for their retirement with their employer’s help. Employers currently contribute a minimum of 3% and employees a minimum of 5% but there are calls for these amounts to increase.


 

 

 

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    Millions at risk of retiring under-pensioned

    by Nic Paton 30 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 30 Apr 2025

    Millions of people in the UK are at risk of reaching retirement significantly ‘under-pensioned’, a report has warned.
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    Childcare costs stop millennials from saving for retirement

    by Jo Faragher 30 Sep 2024
    by Jo Faragher 30 Sep 2024

    Six in 10 millennials are struggling to save for retirement thanks to childcare responsibilities, Phoenix Group has revealed.

    • Auto-enrolment
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    Pensions auto-enrolment should start age 16

    by Rob Moss 16 Sep 2024
    by Rob Moss 16 Sep 2024

    Auto-enrolment should apply between age 16 and 74 and employers should contribute even when employees do not, says new report.

    • Auto-enrolment
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    Only a quarter of employers feel their DC pension adequate

    by Rob Moss 10 Sep 2024
    by Rob Moss 10 Sep 2024

    Just one in four UK employers think their defined contribution pension is adequate, according to WTW research.

    • Auto-enrolment
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    Caring responsibilities ‘key driver’ of gender pensions gap

    by Rob Moss 14 Aug 2024
    by Rob Moss 14 Aug 2024

    Time women spend out of paid work for caring responsibilities one of most significant contributing factors to gender pensions gap.

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Financial wellbeing
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    Worries about retirement finances affect work for a fifth

    by Jo Faragher 25 Jul 2024
    by Jo Faragher 25 Jul 2024

    One in five workers between the ages of 40 and 60 are so worried about retirement finances it is impacting their work.

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Financial wellbeing
    • Latest News

    More employees fear they won’t be able to afford retirement

    by Jo Faragher 20 Jun 2024
    by Jo Faragher 20 Jun 2024

    Nearly two-fifths of workers in full-time employment think they will never be able to retire because they can’t afford it, a survey has found.

    • Auto-enrolment
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    Morrisons warehouse workers strike over pension contribution change

    by Adam McCulloch 24 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 24 May 2024

    Morrisons has moved to a policy of employers and employees paying 4% into pensions since April.

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    by Rob Moss 5 Apr 2024

    Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.

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    Gender pension gap: women need to work 19 more years than men

    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Feb 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Feb 2024

    Women will need to work an extra 19 years to close the gender pension gap, according to a report from pensions provider NOW: Pensions.

    • Auto-enrolment
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    Single mothers and divorced women face heightened gender pensions gap

    by Jo Faragher 15 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 15 Nov 2023

    Single and divorced women face higher financial penalties when they retire, according to Scottish Widows.

    • Auto-enrolment
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    • Retail

    Morrisons to change pension contributions for hourly-paid staff

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Nov 2023

    Morrisons is set to change pension contributions for hourly-paid staff, lowering its employer contribution, a union has claimed.

    • Auto-enrolment
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    Thousands opting out of NHS pensions

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Oct 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Oct 2023

    Shortening the length of time for which opt-outs from auto-enrolment remain effective could keep more workers in the NHS pension.

    • Auto-enrolment
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    • Financial wellbeing

    Auto-enrolment into savings boosts financial wellbeing

    by Jo Faragher 18 Sep 2023
    by Jo Faragher 18 Sep 2023

    A research project by Nest Insights showed that requiring employees to opt out of saving boosted participation.

    • Auto-enrolment
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    • Pensions

    Pension contributions should double, says Abrdn chief

    by Rob Moss 4 Sep 2023
    by Rob Moss 4 Sep 2023

    Stephen Bird says contributions to workplace pensions must double to avoid a “very real crisis” in UK retirement income.

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