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Auto-enrolment, are you ready

Are you ready? The questions employers need to ask The October, 2011 Automatic Enrolment Briefing (PDF, 332 KB) checklist looks specifically at what employers should be considering in the run-up to automatic enrolment. Employers can...

The Road to 2012: Final Preparations Underway

Introduction With the launch1 of yet another consultation on workplace pension reforms, the 2012 starting line for automatic enrolment draws one step nearer. This latest consultation follows the findings of an independent review...

New Year, New Pensions Bill

Introduction Published on 13 January 2011, the Pensions Bill (the “Bill”) deals with several of the changes to pensions policy announced by the Coalition Government last year; primarily the increase in SPA, amendments to the automatic...

NEST comes home to roost!

Introduction Plans for the introduction of automatic enrolment and the new national pension scheme (NEST) got the green light yesterday, following the publication of findings from an independent review “Making automatic enrolment...

The Road to 2012: Will your scheme qualify?

Introduction Just a few months after the lighting of the Olympic flame in 2012 the marathon implementation of the employer duty of auto-enrolment will also ignite. Just as the athletes are already training in preparation for the big event,...