All Auto-enrolment articles – Page 18
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Govt urged to scrap tax relief on minimum AE contributions
On the go: Former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann suggested the government could make the legal minimum auto-enrolment contributions compulsory and remove tax relief from this amount.
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Cameron: Hold government to auto-enrolment promises
Steven Cameron is a pensions legend, having notched up an impressive 35 years in the industry. Despite this, his enthusiasm remains undimmed, and has the Aegon public affairs director taking a new role as chair of The Investing and Saving Alliance’s retirement policy council.
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Pensions dashboards unlikely to go live this year
On the go:Despite pensions dashboards having both industry-wide and government backing, it is unlikely that the technology will be delivered “any time soon”, Sir Steve Webb warned.
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Admins reveal collapse in retiree savings levels
On the go: UK retirees are leaving the workforce with lower levels of savings than previous generations, as the decline of defined benefit opens a gap in the nation’s retirement preparations.
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OpinionAll change for pensions in 2020?
Some surprises are less surprising in retrospect, and December’s general election was one of those events.
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Nest considers 1.5C target for climate change fund
Data crunch: The government-backed workplace provider Nest is testing ways to adopt a 1.5C goal for its Climate Aware Fund, to better reflect the “quickly evolving nature of climate change risk” and its impact on members’ investments.
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Recruitment agency fined for avoiding AE duties
On the go: A recruitment agency and its managing director have been ordered to pay £10,890 for avoiding their auto-enrolment duties and misleading the Pensions Regulator by falsely claiming staff had been put into a workplace pension.
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Opperman reappointed pensions minister
On the go: Guy Opperman remains as minister for pensions and financial inclusion after being reappointed as MP for Hexham.
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Accountant charged with misleading regulator due to pension failings
On the go: An accountant has been charged with misleading the Pensions Regulator after he allegedly failed to enrol staff into a pension.
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Fewer than a quarter of construction workers auto-enrolled
On the go: Fewer than a quarter (23 per cent) of blue-collar construction workers are participating in a workplace pension, according to new figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.
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OpinionClosing the gender pensions gap: Lessons from Sweden
Cardano’s Stefan Lundbergh argues the UK gender pensions gap could be reduced if parents had subsidised childcare, giving the Swedish model as inspiration.
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Digital bank teams up with Smart Pension for auto-enrolment solution
On the go: Revolut and Smart Pension have teamed up to offer a retirement savings solution for the digital bank’s business customers.
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OECD: One in three workers risks falling through the pension cracks
Pensions provision has not caught up with the 21st century phenomenon of the non-standard worker, as this type of employment now accounts for one in three jobs in OECD countries, a new report has revealed.
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Darren Ryder steps down from TPR
On the go: The Pensions Regulator’s director of auto-enrolment, Darren Ryder, will leave his role next year to help other countries develop their own auto-enrolment programmes.
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SNP vows to end executive pay pensions gap
On the go: The Scottish National Party will support moves to ensure executive pension contributions are the same as for all workers.
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Nursery and director fined for failing to enrol staff
On the go: A children’s nursery and its director have been ordered to pay £8,200 by the Pensions Regulator for failing to enrol staff in a workplace pension and misleading the watchdog.
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Features
More action needed to help self-employed women
Analysis: Reform should be pushed up the agenda to support self-employed women and reduce the biggest challenges of the gender gap, experts say.
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Actuaries call for legislation on DB schemes simplification
On the go: The Association of Consulting Actuaries is calling for the next government to facilitate the wider simplification of defined benefit schemes, as part of its manifesto for the December general election.
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Nursery director admits to avoiding paying pensions to staff
On the go: A pre-school nursery and its main director have pleaded guilty in court to attempting to avoid providing their staff with a workplace pension.
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New govt urged to find solutions for self-employed
On the go: The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed has called on the new government to update the long-term savings environment to better provide for entrepreneurs.