Regulator fines hundreds of firms over auto-enrolment failures

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More than 160 employers were issued fixed penalties of £400 last year after The Pensions Regulator (TPR) ramped up the use of its powers for auto-enrolment failures.

The watchdog hit 166 businesses with fines in the last three months of the year, with only three firms receiving penalties over the previous nine months. There was also a surge in the number of ...

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