Auto-enrolment
Pensions are becoming ever more a part of employers’ benefits packages, now that pensions pensions auto-enrolment is being rolled out.
Employers must comply with the auto-enrolment requirements from their “staging date”, depending on their size.
Pensions Regulator halves enforcement during pandemic
The body overseeing compliance with pension automatic enrolment responsibilities has seen the use of its enforcement powers fall by half,...
How can HR address concerns over Covid-19’s impact on pensions?
The coronavirus has impacted not just pay but longer-term investments such as pensions. Naturally employees will have concerns over the...
Furlough: what counts as pensionable salary?
With almost a quarter of roles in the UK now accessing the government’s furlough scheme, many employers have raised questions...
Eight steps to consider when changing your DC pension
Changing the defined contribution (DC) pension scheme might be something organisations are considering in the context of furlough or simply...
Pensions Regulator relaxes enforcement of contribution reduction rules
Employers’ obligations under the pensions automatic enrolment rules continue to apply, but the Pensions Regulator has made a number of...
Fewer than one in four construction staff have workplace pension
Less than a quarter of construction workers are enrolled in a workplace pension, it has been estimated.
Figures obtained from...
Men have £78,000 more in pension pot at retirement
The number of women saving for retirement has hit record levels, but men will still have on average £78,000 more in their pension pot when they stop working.
Pensions Regulator hunts ‘shape-shifting’ businesses
An unspecified number of businesses have attempted to evade their pension duties to employees by altering their identities, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has found.
Why auto-enrolment should always be on HR’s to do list
Pensions auto-enrolment might not be the most exciting HR topic but, as Angela Sharma explains, it should never be far from the top of any HR list of things to do.
Pensions auto-enrolment: we’re at the end of the beginning
Why employers' role in helping staff to save for their retirement through the auto-enrolment scheme is far from over
April 2019 employment law changes: Seven things for HR to do
Every April, HR professionals are faced with a raft of amended employment laws and deadlines for their organisation to meet....
Rise in auto-enrolment pension deductions will bite take-home pay
With auto-enrolment pension contributions set to rise from April, millions of UK employees will experience a decrease in their take-home...
Sharp rise in pension auto-enrolment fines
The last financial year has seen a sharp rise in the number of businesses fined by the Pensions Regulator for...
How to engage employees with pensions
Collectively employers spend billions on employee pensions each year, but how can they ensure staff understand the value of this...
Firms should contribute to self-employed pension auto-enrolment scheme
Organisations that use self-employed labour should pay a tax that would help fund a pension auto-enrolment scheme for freelance workers,...
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