Auto-enrolment

Labour has accused the government of pandering to special interests as it delays lifting the restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) until 2017.

Restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will be removed to allow it to "focus on its target group without any distraction", says pensions minister Steve Webb.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has picked Legal & General Investment Management to run two real estate mandates.

Small employers could phoenix their firms in an attempt to push back their auto-enrolment (AE) staging date, Eversheds partner Francois Barker says.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries has launched its latest Pension trends survey, which will gather information and opinions on auto-enrolment and the Pensions Bill.

The government has added a clause to the Pensions Bill that could exempt companies from having to auto-enrol staff who would not benefit from being put into a scheme.

Pensions minister Steve Webb yesterday laid draft regulations before Parliament which will ban consultancy charging (CC) on auto-enrolment (AE) when they come into effect.

Employee benefits consultancy LEBC has developed an online auto-enrolment (AE) service aimed at employers of 100-250 workers.

Natasha Browne explores the top five issues small firms need to be aware of when implementing automatic enrolment

A third of small to medium sized employers (SMEs) will pay more than the auto-enrolment (AE) minimum contributions for at least some of their workers, government statistics show.