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By 2018, all UK employers will be required by law to automatically enroll eligible members of staff into a workplace pension scheme. This is to prepare them for when they choose to retire from work.
The auto-enrolment system was initially introduced in October 2012 as a legal requirement for large organisations only, with smaller organisations phased into the scheme year on year.
It will eventually be the obligation of all employers to establish their own pension scheme or use the government scheme set up specifically for this purpose.
Employers are required to enrol workers – both part-time and full-time – in a workplace pension scheme providing they meet the following criteria:
Although all eligible employees must be automatically enrolled whether they want to or not, individuals can then choose to ‘opt out’ of the scheme at any time. However, the employer must follow the same process again to automatically enrol these workers in a pension scheme three years later.
Employees are assigned a particular category depending on their age and level of income. This category then determines whether or not the employer has to contribute to the pension, and how much they are due to pay in. Employers must initially contribute a minimum of 1%, but this level will increase to 2% from April 2018 – March 2019 and then 3% thereafter.
The Pensions Act 2008 is the main legislation covering workplace pensions.
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