Most of us are paying into a workplace pension every month. But it seems more than half of us – and especially women – are unaware of key issues, or lack an understanding of pensions. Thankfully, your payroll provider should be able to arrange a simple fix. Did you...
The auto-enrolment crackdown
Auto enrolment is proving a challenge for many, especially SMEs – and now The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is getting tough. We explore the mistakes inexperienced payroll workers are making most often. In October, four members of a Derby-based recruitment company became...
Pensions: the good, the bad and the ugly
2017 ends with a muddled picture of the pensions landscape. There are lies, damned lies and statistics. So said Benjamin Disraeli (at least, according to Mark Twain). You can only imagine what sort of vehemence he might have directed at pensions, which in 2017 seemed...
Pensions: What Is My Auto Enrolment Staging Date?
One of the questions companies up and down the UK have been asking for the past couple of years is: ‘What’s my staging date?’ It’s a question that must be answered correctly, too, as the penalties for getting this wrong are significant. But what does it mean? For...
Pension auto enrolment – the story so far…
Pension auto-enrolment is underway. If you have 2,000 staff or more, you should by now have your auto-enrolment system up and running. If you have fewer staff, your turn is just around the corner. So what’s the state of play?
Pension auto enrolment
Pensions are changing. If your business employs staff those changes are likely to affect you.