ACA: AE to exclude 12 million people by mid-2018

James Phillips
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Millions of low-paid earners and self-employed workers will be missing out on pensions unless the government expands the auto-enrolment (AE) programme, Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) research finds.

The trade body analysed Office for National Statistics (ONS) data on some 840,000 micro-businesses - those firms with fewer than five employees - finding that over 40% of employees of these compani...

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