Pensions auto-enrolment
Under reforms to workplace pensions, beginning on 1 July 2012 for the largest employers, all employers are required to provide eligible workers with a qualifying pension scheme, auto-enrol them into the scheme and make minimum levels of contributions.
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- Pensions auto-enrolment: Prepare for pensions auto-enrolment
- Pensions auto-enrolment: Assess an individual to ascertain your duties in relation to him or her
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FAQs
- What changes to workplace pension law are being 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?
- Which employees qualify for automatic enrolment into a pension scheme?
- What is a "qualifying scheme" under the pensions auto-enrolment provisions?
- How much must employers and employees contribute into their pension scheme under the pensions auto-enrolment provisions?
- Do the auto-enrolment provisions affect employers that already provide their employees with access to a pension scheme?
- Do employers need to obtain employees' consent for them to join a qualifying auto-enrolment pension scheme?
- What is the position if eligible jobholders do not want to join an auto-enrolment pension scheme?
- What is re-enrolment under the auto-enrolment pension provisions?
- What information must employers provide to employees about pensions auto-enrolment?
- How should employers deal with pension entitlement for new recruits under the pensions auto-enrolment provisions?
- What is the relevance for employers of 1 July 2012 in relation to pensions auto-enrolment?
- What protection from unfair treatment do workers have in relation to pensions auto-enrolment?
- What is prohibited recruitment conduct under the pensions auto-enrolment provisions?
- What is an unlawful inducement under the pensions auto-enrolment provisions?
- How are employees protected from detrimental treatment or dismissal in relation to pensions auto-enrolment?
- What are the potential consequences if an employer breaches the employee protection provisions in relation to pensions auto-enrolment?
- What is an employer's pensions auto-enrolment staging date if it shares a PAYE scheme with another employer?
- What will an employer's pensions auto-enrolment staging date be if it operates more than one PAYE scheme?
- What must an employer do if it wants to bring forward its pensions auto-enrolment staging date?
- What does "postponement" mean for the purposes of pensions auto-enrolment?
- Can an employer postpone its pensions auto-enrolment duties on multiple occasions in relation to the same worker?
- Why might an employer want to postpone pensions auto-enrolment for some or all of its workforce?
- What happens if a worker misses the one-month deadline to opt out of pensions auto-enrolment?
- If a worker opts out of pensions auto-enrolment, does the employer have any further auto-enrolment duties in relation to that worker?