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Automatic enrolment definition

What does Automatic enrolment mean? Automatic enrolment describes the employer duty to place eligible workers into a workplace pension without requiring an application, fund statutory minimum contributions, provide prescribed information and operate opt-out and periodic re-enrolment. In England & Wales and Scotland, it is a statutory regime under the Pensions Act 2008 and regulations (mirrored in Northern Ireland by the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008). Employers must enrol “eligible jobholders” (generally aged 22 to State Pension age, earning at least the annual earnings trigger) into a qualifying scheme that meets quality standards, pay at least the minimum employer contribution (currently 3% of qualifying...

Automatic re-enrolment: employer duties on eligible jobholders, timing and six-week joining window, information requirements, key differences from auto-enrolment, and re-registration with The Pensions Regulator

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Practice notes

Employers have a duty to:

Re-enrol eligible jobholders into an Automatic enrolment scheme broadly every three years, where on the relevant date they are not active members of a qualifying scheme
Re-enrol eligible and non-eligible jobholders without delay in certain situations, for example where they cease active membership of a qualifying scheme due to an action taken by the employer

The point in time from which a jobholder must be put back into a scheme is known as the automatic re-enrolment date.

Whether re-enrolment is on the cyclical timetable or happens immediately, the process matches auto-enrolment: the employer must follow the same legal steps so the jobholder becomes an active member from their automatic re-enrolment date.

Employers are also required to re-register with the Pensions Regulator, confirming how they have met their automatic re-enrolment duties...

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