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Terri Bethel introduces the CIPP’s back to basics auto enrolment webcast, which covers the implementation process.
It feels like a very long time since implementing automatic enrolment began to be an issue for employers and their agents and advisors. In fact, it is nearly five years since the duties came into force in October 2012.
For employers of all sizes who were around at the time, it is no longer an issue: staging dates have passed, workforces have been assessed and compliance declarations submitted. They are very much in the ‘business as usual’ point, with many larger employers also having completed their first three-year re-enrolment duties. Naturally, the focus of many AE training courses, articles and other support has also moved on.
It is easy to forget, then, that implementation is still an issue for all the employers who started PAYE on or after 1 October 2012: they will have staging dates between May 2017 and February 2018. And for any employer starting on or after 1 October 2017, the duties apply immediately.
The CIPP has produced a webcast (link below) that goes back to basics on the AE duties and how to implement them, for the benefit of new employers and the agents and advisers that look after them.
Back to basics webcast
The CIPP’s webcast, created by Diana Bruce, senior policy liaison officer in the CIPP’s policy team, focuses on the AE duties and the implementation process. It covers the following topics:
Duties checker
Employers with a duty to provide a pension
Employers who do not have to provide a pension scheme but still have duties
New employers from 1 October 2017
Contribution levels
Automatic re-enrolment
Compliance
Utilising the latest guidance from The Pension Regulator, the webcast includes links to relevant pages in TPR’s extensive website, current earnings thresholds and future minimum contribution increases.