Automatic Enrolment begins on 1 October 2012 and will affect all employers by 1 April 2017. Employers have each been assigned a "staging date" during this period based on their PAYE scheme size as at...
An international line-up of academics, policymakers, advisers and opinion-formers gathered yesterday at the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Forum 2012 in London, to debate the issues...
Public confidence in pensions has fallen to an all-time low just months before the Government starts automatically putting every worker into one, according to the National Association of Pension Funds...
It is barely eight months until new pensions regulations come into force requiring employers to commence auto-enrolment of staff into occupational schemes. But according to the CIPP, three-quarters of...
In October 2012 we will see the introduction of major pension reforms in the UK but auto-enrolment is not just a pension issue; it will impact HR, payroll, pensions and finance functions.
The Pensions Regulator published its approach to maximising employer compliance with new automatic enrolment duties and supporting the pensions industry to deliver defined contribution (DC)n pensions.
Employees have been warned to steer clear of pension offers that claim to be able to provide loans or release tax-free cash from people’s pension pots before they reach age 55
The number of employees saving into a workplace pension has fallen to a record low of 48%, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The British Medical Association has become the latest public sector organisation to ballot members for industrial action short of striking on the Government's NHS Pension Scheme proposal.
More than one in 10 people who had planned to retire during 2012 are making alternative arrangements and putting off drawing their pension for the time being, according to Prudential.
Leeds Building Society has outsources its pensions auto-enrolment administration to Equiniti ICS, an HR and payroll provider
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has given a hostile reception to the European framework for pensions.
