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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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    CBI to emphasise need for strong government backing if pensions plans are to succeed

    by Georgina Fuller 25 Sep 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 25 Sep 2006

    Employers will need strong support from the government if its White Paper pension proposals are to succeed, the CBI will...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Millions mistakenly believe state pension will provide adequate income

    by Mike Berry 29 Aug 2006
    by Mike Berry 29 Aug 2006

    About 2.5 million workers in the UK believe that the state will provide an adequate income when they retire, despite it being just £84.25 a week for single people, research has found

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Boomtime for defined contribution pensions as final salary schemes are abandoned

    by Michael Millar 10 Aug 2006
    by Michael Millar 10 Aug 2006

    Demise of final salary schemes heralds growth in defined benefit pensions.

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Employees want to pay more into proposed National Pensions Savings Scheme

    by Michael Millar 18 Jul 2006
    by Michael Millar 18 Jul 2006

    Employees would be willing to pay up to three times as much into the government’s National Pensions Savings Scheme (NPSS) as the amount proposed in the pensions White Paper.

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Employers asked to consider whether automatic enrolment is key to pensions crisis

    by Michael Millar 22 Jun 2006
    by Michael Millar 22 Jun 2006

    The government has called on employers to start discussing whether or not automatic enrolment into company pension schemes should be the next step in solving the UK's looming pensions crisis

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Pension reform reassurances fail to convince employers

    by Michael Millar 30 May 2006
    by Michael Millar 30 May 2006

    A last-ditch attempt by the government to reassure employers that the cost of pension reforms will be controlled has failed to ease their uncertainty, according to pensions experts

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Majority of firms against pensions auto-enrolment

    by dan thomas 17 May 2006
    by dan thomas 17 May 2006

    Pension Commission proposals rejected by most firms, according to survey.

    • Auto-enrolment
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    If it moves, measure it

    by Personnel Today 19 Apr 2006
    by Personnel Today 19 Apr 2006

    Organisations want value for money from expensive e-learning systems, which means measuring their impact from all angles. The question is, have you chosen the right angles?

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Turner remains steadfast on pension plans

    by Georgina Fuller 11 Apr 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 11 Apr 2006

    Lord Turner's third and final report on solving the UK's pensions crisis was met with mixed responses from employers last week, as he showed little sign of budging from his earlier position

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    British Chambers of Commerce outlines reasons why business will struggle with pension reforms

    by Georgina Fuller 5 Apr 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 5 Apr 2006

    BCC highlights pension reform pitfalls for business.

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Part-time workers’ contracts: House of Lords ruling not as onerous as it seems

    by dan thomas 7 Mar 2006
    by dan thomas 7 Mar 2006

    The landmark legal ruling giving part-time firefighters the right to pensions and sick pay for the first time will have ramifications for all industries, but employers need not fear a landslide of claims, lawyers have said.

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Department for Work and Pensions
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    Pensions crisis proposals are “throwback to Stalinist era”

    by Michael Millar 30 Jan 2006
    by Michael Millar 30 Jan 2006

    Lord Turner's proposals to solve the UK's looming pensions crisis is a "throwback to the Stalinist era", according to the head of the UK's pension fund lobby

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Auto-enrolment for pensions wins backing of public

    by Personnel Today 17 Jan 2006
    by Personnel Today 17 Jan 2006

    Auto-enrolment into pension schemes and compulsory employer contributions have won widespread backing from the public, according to research.

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Pay & benefits
    • Opinion

    Turner Report is a timely reality check on the state of pensions

    by Personnel Today 13 Dec 2005
    by Personnel Today 13 Dec 2005

    After a three-year wait, has Lord Turner's Pensions Commission published a 'blueprint' for pension reform, or a 'mishmash that ought to have been strangled at birth'?

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Economics, government & business

    In defence of compulsory pension contributions

    by Personnel Today 6 Dec 2005
    by Personnel Today 6 Dec 2005

    The EEF is the only employers' body to welcome measures that would force companies to pay into a retirement fund for staff

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