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.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has called on the government to agree a common date on which all recruitment...
HR's recruitment and retention wish-list has altered dramatically over the course of the past decade. Steve Herbert, head of benefits strategy at Origen, charts the changes.
Consultation recently closed on the latest in a series of papers dealing with the personal accounts and automatic enrolment reforms...
Auto-enrolment of job holders into personal account pensions looms larger by the day. What should employers do to get ready? Terry Saeedi assesses that and other issues including recent revisions by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Personal accounts are set to have a massive impact on employee benefits. Could so-called ‘corporate wraps’ be the answer? Steve...
Personal Group, the employee benefits provider, this month announces its new and exclusive agreement with Bupa to offer Group Income Protection...
Financial services employers are the most generous when it comes to contributing to their worker’s defined contribution pension pot, a...
High profile and senior pension professionals from The NAPF, The Pensions Regulator, and the Pensions Management Institute attended the launch...
Many employers are not taking advantage of salary sacrifice in the defined contribution (DC) pension schemes they offer – despite...
HR departments will have a key role to play if pension auto-enrolment – due to come into force in 2012 – is...
Roll-out of the Government’s flagship auto-enrolment pension scheme will go on until 2015 according to a Department of Work and...
HR professionals have been urged to submit their views on a pensions consultation opened by the government.Workplace Pension Reform –...
Information technology is becoming ever more important in the provision of benefits and reward. Nick Golding looks at the state...
The main reason for using third parties is that they take out the hassle of running a cycle-to-work scheme. They will...
2012 will see the biggest shake-up in pensions this century with the advent of personal accounts. Harry Scott analyses what...
