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.
Employers’ obligations under the pensions automatic enrolment rules continue to apply, but the Pensions Regulator has made a number of...
Less than a quarter of construction workers are enrolled in a workplace pension, it has been estimated.
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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.
An unspecified number of businesses have attempted to evade their pension duties to employees by altering their identities, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has found.
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.
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Organisations that use self-employed labour should pay a tax that would help fund a pension auto-enrolment scheme for freelance workers,...
Employees, especially younger staff, do not understand their pensions and could be putting their financial wellbeing at risk. Ashleigh Wight...
The Pensions Regulator is bringing the first pensions auto-enrolment prosecution over allegations that a bus company and its managing director...
Flexible benefits schemes can help to boost employee recruitment and retention by increasing the range of benefits available to employees....
Theresa May launched the Conservative Party’s 2017 election manifesto today, and for HR and employers there are no big surprises....
The Work and Pensions Committee has announced an inquiry into the UK welfare system’s ability to adequately support the growing...
With young people prioritising other financial commitments over pensions, employers need to rethink how they communicate the benefits of saving...
