300,000 sign up to workplace schemes since July

-

Official figures from the Pensions Regulator show that more than 300,000 people have been automatically enrolled into a pension scheme since July 2012.

The analysis reveals that 84 businesses, representing more than two million employees, had complied with their auto-enrolment duties by the end of March 2013.

A spokesman for the Pensions Regulator said that there could be more workers in schemes as companies still have four months to register from their staging date, but declined to comment as to whether firms were not complying.

Charles Counsell, Executive Director of automatic enrolment for the Pensions Regulator, said:

Get our essential weekday HR news and updates.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Keep up with the latest in HR...
This field is hidden when viewing the form
This field is hidden when viewing the form
Optin_date
This field is hidden when viewing the form

 

“As a direct result of automatic enrolment, hundreds of thousands more people across the UK are now saving into a workplace pension, joining the 1.2 million of their colleagues who were already in a qualifying scheme. Some of these will have been contractually enrolled by consent into a qualifying scheme prior to their employers’ staging dates.

“The regulator continues its work to provide the vast numbers of employers still to stage with the information they and their advisers need so they can comply with the legislation and help millions more workers save for retirement in the coming years.”

Paul Gray is an entrepreneur and digital publisher who creates online publications focused on solving problems, delivering news, and providing platforms for informed comment and debate. He is associated with HRZone and has built businesses in the HR and professional publishing sector. His work emphasizes creating industry-specific content platforms.

Latest news

Alison Lucas & Lizzie Bentley Bowers: Why your offboarding process is as vital as onboarding

We know that beginnings shape performance and culture, so we take time to get them right. Endings are often rushed, avoided or delegated to process.

Reward gaps leave part-time and public sector staff ‘at disadvantage’

Unequal access to staff perks leaves part-time and public sector workers less recognised despite strong links between incentives and engagement.

Workplace workouts: simple ways to move more at your desk and boost health and productivity

Long periods at a desk can affect energy, concentration and physical comfort. Claire Small explains how regular movement during the working day can support wellbeing.

Government warned over youth jobs gap after King’s Speech

Ministers face calls for clearer action on youth employment as almost one million young people remain outside education, work or training.
- Advertisement -

UK ‘passes 8 million mental health sick days’ as anxiety and burnout hit younger workers

Anxiety, depression and burnout are driving millions of lost working days as employers face growing calls to improve mental health support.

Employers face growing duty of care pressures as business travel costs surge

Employers are under growing pressure to protect travelling staff as geopolitical instability, rising costs and disruption reshape business travel.

Must read

How can companies improve equality and close gender pay gaps?

The deadline for gender pay gap reporting has come and gone, but what is next for UK companies?

Talent Trend Predictions for 2018

More personal, more segmented, more strategic and more driven by an up-and-coming generation. Those are the key 2018 predictions for the future of the talent acquisition profession, based on insights from Korn Ferry  Futurestep experts from across the globe.
- Advertisement -

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you