Over a third of employees unaware they have been auto-enrolled
Some 36% of employees do not know that they have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.
According to its Wealth and assets study: Attitudes towards saving for retirement, automatic enrolment into workplace pensions and financial situation published today (1 August), 63% of eligible employees...
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