DWP proposes TUPE changes to align with auto-enrolment

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The Department for Work and Pensions has proposed changes to TUPE rules to ensure employers receiving transferred members are not forced to pay contributions higher than the auto-enrolment minimum.

In a consultation launched on 26 February, the department said under auto-enrolment, an employer which will later transfer employees (the transferor) could auto-enrol its existing workforce into a ...

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