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Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week’s top stories include Punter Southall Aspire exiting the master trust market and Deloitte launching a consultation in plans to slash employer contributions for up to 12 months.

  • Industry
  • 07 May 2020
TPR carries out spot checks on large employers
TPR carries out spot checks on large employers

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is carrying out spot checks on the UK’s largest employers to protect savers and ensure staff continue to receive the pensions they are due.

  • Industry
  • 05 February 2020
Former accountant fined for misleading TPR over workplace pension duties
Former accountant fined for misleading TPR over workplace pension duties

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has fined a former accountant £4,987 after he failed to enrol staff into a workplace pension scheme.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 January 2020
Recruitment agency and managing director fined £10,890 for avoiding workplace pension
Recruitment agency and managing director fined £10,890 for avoiding workplace pension

A Hertfordshire-based recruitment agency and its managing director have been ordered to pay £10,890 after misleading The Pensions Regulator (TPR) over its workplace pension arrangements.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 18 December 2019
Children's nursery director fined over misleading TPR on AE failures
Children's nursery director fined over misleading TPR on AE failures

A Merseyside pre-school nursery and its director have been ordered to pay £8,200 after admitting failing to enrol members of staff into a workplace pension scheme.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 21 November 2019
Children's nursery director admits to misleading TPR
Children's nursery director admits to misleading TPR

The director of a Merseyside nursery has admitted to failing to comply with automatic enrolment (AE) responsibilities after setting up a pension scheme that was left empty.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 November 2019
Recruitment agency admits misleading TPR and avoiding AE duties
Recruitment agency admits misleading TPR and avoiding AE duties

A recruitment agency and its managing director have pleaded guilty to misleading The Pensions Regulator (TPR) by falsely claiming staff had been put into a workplace pension.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 14 November 2019
Auto-enrolment closing the pensions gender gap, TPR reveals
Auto-enrolment closing the pensions gender gap, TPR reveals

Automatic enrolment (AE) has helped level the number of women saving into a workplace pension with the number of men, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has said.

  • Industry
  • 24 October 2019
TPR launches probe into 'shape-shifting employers' dodging AE duties
TPR launches probe into 'shape-shifting employers' dodging AE duties

Companies which have tried to dodge their pension duties by changing their identities are being "hunted" by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in a crackdown on non-compliance with auto-enrolment (AE).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 17 July 2019
TPR takes action against employer prioritising dividends and reveals 15% increase in use of AE powers
TPR takes action against employer prioritising dividends and reveals 15% increase in use of AE powers

The Pensions Regulator has set how it has used its powers over the first three months of the year in a bid to better protect scheme members.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 16 May 2019
Recruitment agency ordered to pay £280,000: largest fine and first custodial sentences following TPR prosecution
Recruitment agency ordered to pay £280,000: largest fine and first custodial sentences following TPR prosecution

Recruitment agency Workchain has been hit with a £280,000 fine after posing as temporary staff and illegally opting them out of their workplace pension scheme.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 October 2018
TPR and PLSA reveal AE contribution hike has had minimal impact on opt-outs
TPR and PLSA reveal AE contribution hike has had minimal impact on opt-outs

The increase in minimum auto-enrolment (AE) contributions has had little impact on opt-out rates - with cessations after April increasing by less than two percentage points, data from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) shows.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 15 October 2018
Accountant pleads guilty to lying to TPR about meeting AE duties
Accountant pleads guilty to lying to TPR about meeting AE duties

Accountant Hashmukh Shah has pleaded guilty to deliberately providing false information to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) when stating a pension scheme had been set up for staff of a London-based restaurant.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 16 August 2018
Recruitment agency pleads guilty to illegally opting staff out of pensions
Recruitment agency pleads guilty to illegally opting staff out of pensions

Senior staff at national recruitment agency Workchain have pleaded guilty to illegally opting temporary staff out of their workplace pension scheme, leading to The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) first criminal conviction under this offence.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 08 June 2018
Healthcare company fined £20,000 after misleading TPR about pensions
Healthcare company fined £20,000 after misleading TPR about pensions

Crest Healthcare and its managing director Sheila Aluko have admitted to misleading The Pensions Regulator (TPR) about providing staff with a workplace pension.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 16 May 2018
TPR seeks forced entry powers to seize business assets for unpaid fines
TPR seeks forced entry powers to seize business assets for unpaid fines

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned it will seize assets from employers who fail to pay fines relating to their schemes in a further strengthening of its enforcement activity.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 03 May 2018
Healthcare company 'misled TPR' about complying with AE duties
Healthcare company 'misled TPR' about complying with AE duties

Crest Healthcare and its managing director have pleaded guilty to misleading The Pensions Regulator (TPR) about enrolling employees into a workplace pension.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 08 March 2018
TPR fines bus company and its managing director £60,000 for failing to meet AE requirements
TPR fines bus company and its managing director £60,000 for failing to meet AE requirements

A bus company and its managing director have been fined more than £60,000 after they admitted trying to avoid providing its employees with a workplace pension.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 07 February 2018
TPR begins spot checks in East Midlands to ensure AE compliance
TPR begins spot checks in East Midlands to ensure AE compliance

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has begun carrying out spot checks across the East Midlands to make sure employers are complying with their pension duties.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 02 February 2018
TPR fines 2020 Trustees £4,000 for chair statement failures
TPR fines 2020 Trustees £4,000 for chair statement failures

Professional trustee firm 2020 Trustees was fined £4,000 for failing to produce two chair's statements between July and September 2017, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has revealed.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 November 2017
TPR interventions soar 468% in AE compliance cases
TPR interventions soar 468% in AE compliance cases

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) used its formal powers 50,068 times in just 12 months to ensure high levels of compliance with the auto-enrolment regime.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 01 August 2017
TPR warns over fake AE exemption certificates
TPR warns over fake AE exemption certificates

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned employers to avoid becoming victim to fake auto-enrolment (AE) certificates after it revealed it had launched an investigation.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 June 2017
TPR names Darren Ryder as acting director of AE
TPR names Darren Ryder as acting director of AE

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has appointed Darren Ryder to temporarily take over as director of auto-enrolment (AE) when the current director Charles Counsell leaves next month.

  • Appointments
  • 21 April 2017

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