All Auto-enrolment articles – Page 17
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Could AE contributions be paused amid Covid-19 crisis?
Halting companies’ mandatory pension contributions could form part of government remedies to support businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, pension specialists have argued, since protecting jobs is as important as saving for retirement.
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OpinionPublic sector pensions on the brink of madness
If the current conundrum with discrimination issues in the public sector pension schemes were a work of fiction, no one would believe it.
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OpinionAuto-enrolment can help solve care crisis
Auto-enrolment can play a decisive part in helping individuals save for later-life care, explains Penny Cogher, partner at Irwin Mitchell.
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OpinionUnnecessary obstacles creating unequal opportunities to save
Now Pensions chair of trustees Joanne Segars points out the current challenges of the gender pensions gap and how some simple solutions could go a long way to correct this imbalance.
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Smart Pension to take on Welplan Pensions Master Trust
On the go: Welplan Pensions Master Trust is consolidating with Smart Pension, after a decision not to seek master trust authorisation.
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PodcastsPodcast: Webb - Budget must deliver for doctors
Podcast: Former pensions minister Steve Webb argued that “it would be astonishing” if the March 11 Budget does not bring a solution to the issues caused by the tapered annual allowance for doctors and senior clinicians. Sir Steve, now partner at Lane Clark & Peacock, and Lydia Fearn, head of defined contribution and financial well-being at Redington, discuss, among other topics, the possible changes for pensions to be introduced by the chancellor.
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Workplace pension numbers hit record high
On the go: The number of UK employees in workplace pension schemes reached a record high last year, but one provider giant has warned this is masking the millions still saving at “inadequate levels”.
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Social care crisis: is auto-enrolment the answer?
Auto-enrolment-style contributions could hold the key to solving the UK’s growing social care crisis, according to the sponsors of a report into the funding shortfall for care in later life.
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Auto-enrolment process creates 'employee underclass'
Three out of four pensions professionals say employers should be free to statutorily enrol any employee they wish, even if current auto-enrolment age and earnings criteria are not met.
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DWP self-employed savings trials disappoint
On the go: A Department for Work and Pensions trial of techniques to encourage more self-employed workers to save into a pension pot has failed to persuade many to log into their accounts.
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IR35 could be employment minefield
Analysis: Many employers are ill-prepared for the pensions fallout of a complex new tax fairness rule that comes into force in just six weeks’ time, experts have warned.
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Features
Hundreds of thousands of micro pots suffer remorseless attrition
Data crunch: Eight years after the auto-enrolment revolution, millions of workers’ pensions are left languishing in master trusts when they move jobs.
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Govt maintains earnings trigger despite industry criticism
On the go: The government has opted to maintain the earnings trigger for automatic enrolment at £10,000 for 2020-21, despite long-held industry concerns that the current level is limiting pensions coverage among underprivileged demographics.
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OpinionTime to focus on getting 2020 pension vision for self-employed
Scottish Widows’ Peter Glancy examines the available solutions to get self-employed workers saving into a pension, and explains why the government needs to implement reforms in this area.
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TPR carries out auto-enrolment checks on large employers
On the go: The Pensions Regulator is carrying out compliance spot checks on some of the UK’s largest employers, who were among the first required to comply with auto-enrolment in 2012.
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Govt urged to replace tax relief rules with pension top-up system
On the go: The current tax relief rules should be replaced by a pension top-up system, either through the government or the employer, according to a proposal from Hargreaves Lansdown.
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PodcastsPodcast: Vegan case flags importance of heeding members
Podcast: Trustees and employers should consult members on their beliefs, and incorporate the investment views of the majority in their pension default fund, according to Romi Savova, chief executive at PensionBee, and David Brooks, technical director at Broadstone. The experts discuss the impacts of a landmark ruling finding that veganism is a philosophical belief, alongside other topics, in this week’s podcast.
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Renewed calls for govt to set up pensions commission
On the go: Two think tanks are calling for the government to set up a new pensions commission, after it found cross-party support for such an initiative.
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Accountant ordered to pay £5k for misleading pensions regulator
On the go: A former accountant has been ordered to pay £4,987 for providing false or misleading information to the Pensions Regulator over workplace pensions duties.
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Majority of employers planning to review pensions provider in 2020
On the go: Eighty-seven per cent of employers are looking to review their pension provider in the next 12 months, according to new research from investment platform Smarterly.