Workplace pension reform
Useful links
The Pensions Regulator's guidance
The Pensions Regulator has issued a series of detailed guidance notes on workplace pension reform along with summaries for pension providers and employers. The detailed guidance notes cover all aspects of workplace pension reform and are written in plain English and have practical examples.
The Pensions Regulator's interactive tools
The Pensions Regulator's online tools allow a user to quickly and easily identify an employer's staging date, the extent of employer duties in respect of their staff, the minimum amount an employer will have to pay for an individual staff member, and also provides an explanation of the process an employer will need to follow to automatically enrol its staff.
The Department for Work and Pensions
The DWP has produced a useful workplace pension reforms toolkit which offers guidance and fact sheets and also case studies to show how individuals may be affected by the changes.
The DWP carried out a review, 'Making automatic enrolment work', which looked at how the DWP could support the implementation of automatic enrolment into workplace pensions. The results of the review were published on 27 October 2010.
The DWP has issued a consultation, 'Workplace pension reform – completing the legislative framework for Automatic Enrolment', which looks at the regulations required to support the reforms and provides further guidance on certification.
