Three years on since the start of automatic enrolment, large employers are facing a new challenge. Set out in the original auto enrolment schedule, employers are required to go through automatic re-enrolment every three years. Right now, the first tranche of large employers is currently going through this process of pensions auto re-enrolment. In very […]
Getting your data ready for auto enrolment
If you’re looking at your auto enrolment staging date with panic and horror, fear not, help is readily at hand. Getting auto enrolment right and making sure you meet your obligations is as much about being organised as it is knowing anything about pensions! One of the key pieces in the auto enrolment puzzle is […]
Introducing NEST Web Services
What is NEST? NEST, or National Employment Savings Trust to give it its full title, is playing a significant role in the implementation of workplace pensions in the UK. Auto enrolment means that by early 2018, businesses big and small will have gone through the process of identifying employees who qualify for a workplace pension; […]
What happens where an employee has two jobs?
Over the past decade or so there has been a real shift in how employers and employees view work patterns. The sad reality of recession means that a ‘job for life’ is the exception in 2015 rather than the rule that it was only 20 or 30 years ago. However, singles, couples and families alike […]
Maternity leave and pensions auto enrolment
Pensions auto enrolment is high on the agenda of most employers right now. A new and revolutionary way of making sure that UK employers and employees take at least some responsibility for their retirement planning, the good news is that the majority of employers you have staged have come out of the other end of […]
Must I offer my nanny a pension scheme?
With more and more families making the news because they rely on grand parents as their first line of child care, many who aren’t lucky enough to have grandma or grandad on the doorstep, but can afford it, avail themselves of the services of a nanny. No matter whether a family chooses a nanny for […]
Casual workers and an employers pension obligations
More and more employers are relying on casual workers to take up the slack when they have too much work on their books or when they are short of permanent employees. Viewed in some cases as second best, casual working suits many people because of the flexibility and variety it offers. So this way of […]
Do contractors have to be included in auto enrolment?
Today, more and more SMEs are calling on contractors to carry out tasks where they either don’t have the skills in-house or where the amount of work required simply doesn’t justify another employee on their books. Alternatively, seasonal or workload related peaks and troughs may be the reason for taking on a contractor. Either way, […]
Automatic enrolment and agency workers
Pensions auto enrolment is hot news for smaller employers and their employees at the moment. With larger businesses already having made their journey through automatic enrolment and the telling of varying stories of good news and bad once through it, there are plenty of employers who still have this project on their busy horizon. Employment […]
What are the administration options?
Automatic enrolment is a system that’s great news for employees, but perhaps not such great news for employers. Working out how you’re going to deal with every single one of your auto enrolment responsibilities may seem like a huge burden right now, but with the right mindset and the right approach, it won’t be the […]
