AE extension bill granted Royal Assent

Private members’ bill seeks to bring two extensions to auto-enrolment provisions

Martin Richmond
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AE extension bill granted Royal Assent

The private members’ bill introduced to expand auto-enrolment (AE) has been granted Royal Assent after it passed its third reading in the House of Lords yesterday (18 September).

The Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill which was introduced in the House of Commons in March by MP Jonathan Gullis and received support from the Department for Work and Pensio...

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