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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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    Pensions auto-enrolment undermines Government’s promise to cut red tape, lawyer claims

    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Mar 2012

    Pensions auto-enrolment will add “another layer of red tape and bureaucracy” for employers, breaking the Government’s promise to reduce the...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Employment law

    March 2012 employment law: what employers need to do

    by Stephen Simpson 5 Mar 2012
    by Stephen Simpson 5 Mar 2012

    March is always one of the busiest months for employers, with the regular round of April employment law changes fast...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Employment law
    • Pay & benefits

    Legal opinion: Pensions auto-enrolment – new employee safeguards

    by Sarah Ozanne 27 Feb 2012
    by Sarah Ozanne 27 Feb 2012

    Employment lawyer Sarah Ozanne looks at the implications of the new pensions auto-enrolment system.The pensions auto-enrolment regime is scheduled to...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Employment law

    Key employment law changes in 2012

    by Personnel Today 1 Feb 2012
    by Personnel Today 1 Feb 2012

    Many changes are planned for this year. John Charlton explores how they might influence employment practices.Employment law fans must be...

    • Auto-enrolment
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    Government issues amended timetable for pensions auto-enrolment

    by John Eccleston 25 Jan 2012
    by John Eccleston 25 Jan 2012

    The Government today issued amendments to the timetable against which employers must enrol their staff in workplace pension schemes.The Government...

    • Auto-enrolment
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    • Sickness absence management

    The year ahead: 10 people management priorities for 2012

    by Jo Faragher 23 Dec 2011
    by Jo Faragher 23 Dec 2011

    After a tough year of economic uncertainty, when keeping staff engaged while keeping an eye on budgets was at the...

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    • Employment law
    • Maternity

    2012 employment law changes: six things employers need to know

    by Personnel Today 20 Dec 2011
    by Personnel Today 20 Dec 2011

    Every year brings with it some important new employment legislation for the employer to negotiate. Whether related to unfair dismissal,...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • HR practice

    Legal Q&A: Auto-enrolment – are you ready for 2012?

    by Sarah Henderson 12 Dec 2011
    by Sarah Henderson 12 Dec 2011

    Solicitor Sarah Henderson looks at the implications for employers of the imminent introduction of pension auto-enrolment.Q What are the plans...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Pensions auto-enrolment to be delayed for small businesses

    by Laura Chamberlain 28 Nov 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 28 Nov 2011

    Businesses with fewer than 50 employees will not have to auto-enrol staff into pension schemes until 2015, the Government has...

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    • Bribery

    Pensions reforms head up a trio of employment issues to be tackled at Jelf Employee Benefits’ November seminar

    by Personnel Today 31 Oct 2011
    by Personnel Today 31 Oct 2011

    Reservations have commenced for delegate places at Jelf Employee Benefits’ November seminar, hosted at The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)....

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Latest News

    One employee in three to opt out of pensions

    by Nick Martindale 20 Oct 2011
    by Nick Martindale 20 Oct 2011

    Around one employee in three intends to opt out of the Government’s plans to automatically enrol them into company pension schemes...

    • Auto-enrolment
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    • Pay & benefits

    Firms warned over pension plans

    by Nick Martindale 17 Oct 2011
    by Nick Martindale 17 Oct 2011

    Pensions provider Axa has written to retired members of its own final-salary pension scheme offering them higher immediate payouts in...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Agency workers
    • Employment law

    Agency Workers Regulations could threaten 500,000 temporary jobs

    by Laura Chamberlain 13 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 13 Sep 2011

    The introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations next month could threaten up to 500,000 temporary employment contracts, a report has found.One-third...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Latest News

    Auto-enrolment ‘will lead to cuts in pensions’

    by Helen Gilbert 1 Sep 2011
    by Helen Gilbert 1 Sep 2011

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has defended its pensions auto-enrolment plans following a report that suggests firms will cut...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Half of workers unaware of pension auto-enrolment reforms

    by Laura Chamberlain 31 Aug 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 31 Aug 2011

    More than half (53%) of workers are “totally unaware” that they will be auto-enrolled into a pension plan as part...

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