New quick references on pensions auto-enrolment

The staging timetable for pensions auto-enrolment and the categories of worker in respect of which employers have auto-enrolment duties are set out in the quick reference section. 

• Pensions auto-enrolment - staging dates This quick reference sets out the dates from which employers are required to auto-enrol eligible jobholders into a qualifying workplace pension scheme. 
• Pensions auto-enrolment - categories of worker This quick reference sets out the categories into which a worker falls for the purposes of pensions auto-enrolment, which will determine the employer's auto-enrolment duties. 

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The Pensions section of the XpertHR employment law manual includes guidance on pensions auto-enrolment, which comes into force on 1 October 2012. 

Frequently asked questions on pensions auto-enrolment from the XpertHR FAQs section include:

• What changes to workplace pension law will be made by the legislation on auto-enrolment?
• When does auto-enrolment come into force?
• How do employers know what their auto-enrolment staging date is?
• What is the relevance for employers of 1 April 2012 in relation to auto-enrolment?
• Will auto-enrolment affect small employers?

The XpertHR Legal timetable includes a summary of the legislation that implements auto-enrolment.