Most firms have had to recruit new staff to cope with their workloads and many have seen their salary costs increase, as well as being faced with the costs
of auto enrolment pension schemes and increasing premises costs.
With the introduction
of the auto enrolment pension scheme, we look to see if there are any fossil free and ethical schemes available.
«Implementation
of auto enrolment, and the radical pension reforms announced in the Budget have created a challenging environment for pension providers and employers.
Not exact matches
The Quebec plan will be ready for voluntary sign - ups on July 1, followed by
auto -
enrolment for larger companies by the end
of 2016.
Auto -
enrolment in PRPPs addresses the dearth
of pension coverage by relying on people's inertia not to opt out, while allowing them freedom to choose.
However, to improve the prospects
of middle income earners, a more forceful intervention might be needed through either higher mandatory contributions or at least
auto -
enrolment in private pensions with targeted financial incentives.
«But
auto -
enrolment can not solve the savings challenge on its own, and we have to be prepared to look at the other side
of the equation.
The lack
of tax relief affects those who earn over the # 10,000 needed to trigger
auto -
enrolment, but below (or not very much above) the income tax threshold (currently # 11,500 and set to rise to # 11,850), who are enrolled in a «net - pay» pension scheme rather than a «relief at source» scheme.1
• The TUC has said that raising the earnings threshold for
auto enrolment into workplace pensions will exclude hundreds
of thousands
of workers.
Former Lib Dem minister Steve Webb, one
of the architects
of the coalition's «triple - lock» pension guarantee and
auto -
enrolment in workplace pensions, has also been knighted.
In particular with the introduction
of Pension
Auto Enrolment, Employers National Insurance allowance and latterly the Apprenticeship levy legislation is becoming more complex!
Using this process means you could set up
auto responders at intervals, and create reminder lists, such as a few weeks out
of enrolments closing for next year.
With potential cost implications from areas such as the government's new Apprenticeship Levy, pension
Auto Enrolment, the National Living Wage and business rate assessments, firms will need to maintain control
of expenditure if profitability is to be increased.
Media attention and
auto -
enrolment have pushed pensions to the front
of our minds, but how has Britain's pension performance altered over time?
Media attention and
auto -
enrolment have pushed pensions to the front
of our minds, but how has Britain's pension...
Government has consulted on Regulations enabling limited liability partnerships to exclude certain
of the LLP's members (i.e. those who are genuinely partners in the business) from their
auto -
enrolment obligations.
She specialises in handling pensions matters, having advised on a wide range
of pensions schemes as well as dealing with
auto -
enrolment issues and historic errors in scheme documentation.
Firstly, minimum wage rates will increase depending on the age
of the employee and secondly,
auto -
enrolment pension contributions are set to double.
At its most costly for the Treasury, this could include a possible cut in National Insurance rates for younger workers but is more likely to mean pension
auto -
enrolment extended to workers below the age
of 22 and more concessions on student loans.
Unless employees have opted out
of the
auto -
enrolment scheme, and assuming the employer doesn't voluntarily pay a higher percentage, they will see their pension contributions rise from 1 % to 3 %
of salary with employer's minimum contributions rising from 1 % to 2 %.
While it's likely the majority
of your staff will be more than happy to receive a contribution towards their pension fund as part
of auto -
enrolment, there may be some who decide to opt out.
For the best part
of a decade now,
auto -
enrolment has been a hot topic in the financial sector.
The law relating to pensions changed with the implementation
of «
auto -
enrolment».
Perks: Private medical insurance, group life assurance scheme,
auto -
enrolment pension scheme, employee assistance programme, 25 days» holiday, plus bank and public holidays, day off for your birthday, unique shared ownership and bonus scheme, flexible working and family friendly policies, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, opportunity to join a number
of social clubs - free or minimal cost, enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Employees may voluntarily opt out by withdrawing within 60 days
of auto -
enrolment, after which employee contributions will commence to the VRSP.
Similar to the recent rollout
of the workplace pension opt - out, could a government - backed
auto -
enrolment scheme for wellbeing programmes — funded by employers and by a portion
of employees» National Insurance contributions — be one
of the solutions to address the NHS's long - term financial needs?
The practical effect
of these changes is that employees who are members
of a qualifying pension scheme for
auto -
enrolment purposes are not placed in a more favourable position if they are subsequently transferred to a new employer under TUPE.
The new employer will need to make an assessment
of the transferring employees»
auto -
enrolment status at the point
of transfer to understand who are «eligible jobholders».
However, it has also been argued that the transferee employer will be required to comply with the
auto -
enrolment duties in respect
of the transferring employees (albeit not in respect
of the remainder
of its workforce until the staging date) under normal TUPE principle.
They will also have to look after the
enrolment forms, authorisation
of auto — debit, providing declaration - cum - consent form in the exact shape that they are supposed to be done.
Number
of enrolments in Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana has increased from 8.85 - crore in 2015 - 16 to 13.41 crore in 2017 - 18 through
auto - debit under the scheme, Minister
of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Are there particular challenges
of rolling out
auto -
enrolment in FTSE companies, for example?