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Hi

I hope you can help and that this is not too much of a silly question! I am quite confused about auto enrolment and if The Pension Regulator only requires companies with a PAYE scheme in place to auto enrol. Does auto enrolment affect Limited companies which only have one or two Directors, and no PAYE scheme in place? Will they still be contacted by The Pensions Regulator and need to let them know that they do not have automatic enrolment duties? Or will they just not receive a letter and not need to do anything? Also, what happens if a company is dormant?

Please accept my apologies if this is a silly question, I am just wondering if all companies who do not have automatic enrolment duties need to let The Pensions Regulator know, or only the ones who receive a letter.

Any advice would be gratefully received!

Kayleigh

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By onicholson
19th Apr 2016 12:50

Workers

A company with workers has to complete automatic enrolment. All companies with workers and without a PAYE scheme have a staging date of April 2017.

A company with only directors has no workers if all directors don't have a contract of employment or contract of service. If you have no workers, you don't stage. Normally you'd notify TPR that you don't have a staging date but I guess in this case you could just not tell them anything. You might want to ask them directly.

The actual check for workers is a little more complex, but the above is a good general guide. Full details are available from TPR:

http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/detailed-guidance-1.pdf

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By kbab
20th Apr 2016 09:16

Thank you!

Thank you so much, that makes it a lot clearer!

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