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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?