Auto-enrolment

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revised down its opt-out rate estimate for auto-enrolment (AE) from 30% to 15%.

Now Pensions will work with payroll provider ADP to deliver an integrated auto-enrolment (AE) service, the master trust has announced.

JLT Employee Benefits has won the contract to provide administration services to auto-enrolment master trust Now Pensions.

As many as 98% of small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) have yet to choose and secure a scheme for automatic enrolment (AE), according to Now Pensions.

More than six out of ten contributors said the number of probes launched by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) into auto-enrolment non-compliance was confirmation that regulations were too complex.

A 0.75% charge cap will apply to all defined contribution (DC) schemes used for auto-enrolment (AE) from April 2015, pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed.

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Slightly more Buzz contributors thought The Pensions Regulator (TPR) should have more auto-enrolment (AE) compliance resources than not.

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