Auto-enrolment

The Department for Work and Pensions has clarified the way in which consultants are allowed to charge for setting up group personal pensions for auto-enrolment.

Pensions minister Steve Webb says it is a "proud moment" as early stagers begin to auto-enrol their workforces in the first foray into auto-enrolment.

While references are made to attitudes of distrust in the pensions industry, one of the most significant reasons for the low take-up of pensions - and potentially high auto-enrolment opt-out rates - is the current attitude to saving.

Hannah Brenton investigates whether shareholders’ newfound voice will peter out or flourish under defined contribution.

Over a third of employers said that they were unclear about their staging date for auto-enrolment, according to HR consultants Aon Hewitt.

The Department for Work and Pensions has published guidance on auto-enrolment scheme certification for employers and advisers.

Laws preventing employers from inducing workers to opt out of pension schemes come into force today.

The Co-operative Group has appointed Legal and General to administer the defined contribution section of its revamped scheme.

Andrew Short looks at what auto-enrolling employers will do to combat a mass opt-out

The Co-operative Group is set to offer its career average PACE scheme to all workers following a widespread review of its retirement benefits ahead of auto-enrolment.