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Auto Enrolment for Employers

May 23rd, 2014
What and Who From sometime between 2013 and 2017 (dependent on the size of business from largest to smallest), employers will have to automatically enrol all eligible employees in a qualifying pension scheme and make contributions to their plan.  Eligible employees fit the following criteria:
  • Are not already in a qualifying pension scheme
  • Are aged 22 and over
  • Are under State pension age
  •  Earn more than £10,000 per year and work in the UK
When
  •  Medium employers (50 – 249 workers) April 2014 to April 2015
  •  Small employers (49 workers or less) June 2015 to April 2017
How Much The government has set a minimum amount that must be paid into a pension scheme for eligible and non eligible jobholders.This is 8% of qualifying earnings, phase in over several years:
  • Now – 30/09/2017 – Employers 1% Employees 1%
  • 1/10/2017 – 30/09/2018 – Employers 2% Employees 3%
  • 1/10/2018 onwards – Employers 3% Employees 5%
Safeguarding Employees
  • Fixed penalty of £400 to an employer, for non compliance.
  • Escalating (daily) penalties are set to ensure there is there is no financial benefit in not compliance.
  • Must have a eligible pension in place even if all employees opt out.
7 Steps to prepare for Auto Enrolment
  • Know your staging date – when to act
  • Assess your workforce
  • Review your current pension arrangements
  • Communicate the changes to all workers
  • Automatically enrol eligible job holders
  • Register with the pensions regulator
  • Contribute to pension

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