All Pensions articles – Page 150
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Helen Duncan: Middleware is key to auto-enrolment technology
KEY POINTSOrbit is 100% automated and manages the entire auto-enrolment process.The system provides employees with access to an auto-enrolment helpdesk, including a telephone helpline.Orbit stores all auto-enrolment activity for audit purposes.The cornerstone of any successful benefits solution is always expert consultancy, and technology should allow that consultancy to be put ...
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Randstad launches multi-employer trust
Randstad is to launch a multi-employer trust to comply with its auto-enrolment duties.The recruitment firm will reach its staging date on 1 March 2013, when its 20,000 eligible agency workers will be auto-enrolled.The scheme will be provided by Now: Pensions.Ian Naylor, legal director at Randstad, said: “Our decision to appoint ...
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Pension scheme membership falls
Workplace pension scheme membership dropped to 46% in 2012, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its 2012 Annual survey of hours and earnings: summary of pensions results, compiled before the introduction of auto-enrolment in October 2012, found that pension scheme membership hit a 15-year low in 2012.The ...
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Most DB pensions have long-term objectives
The majority (90%) of defined benefit (DB) pension plans now have a long-term objective, compared to 60% in 2009, according to research by Aon Hewitt.Its Global pension risk survey 2013 polled 220 UK DB plans with combined membership of more than three million people and representing around £300 billion of ...
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Jamie Fiveash: Software support is vital for auto-enrolment
KEY POINTSThe B&CE Employer Assistance Program is designed to ensure employers make the right contributions and enable them to download employee communications.The Employer Assistance Program is one of a range of tools B&CE provides to help employers comply with auto-enrolment.To date, 130 of B&CE’s existing and new, larger employer customers ...
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Morten Nilsson: How to navigate the auto-enrolment maze
KEY POINTSAuto-enrolment is a complex assignment that can expose employers to financial and reputational risk.Now: Pensions is an occupational pension scheme that has been designed to support employers of all sizes.Now: Pensions can also provide simple, low-cost life insurance for employees at competitive rates.Auto-enrolment is a complex assignment which, if ...
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Nick Oram: Take auto-enrolment one step at a time
KEY POINTSStar delivers a step-bystep consultancy programme for auto-enrolment.Enrich can incorporate middleware into a Star package.Compliance is continuous throughout Enrich’s auto-enrolment solutionsAuto-enrolment requires UK employers to auto-enrol all eligible employees into a qualifying pension scheme if they are not already a member. The largest employers, those with 120,000-plus employees, began ...
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Matt Waller: Integrated software simplifies auto-enrolment
KEY POINTSEnroller is Benefex’s purpose-built, fully-mobile software that simplifies auto-enrolment for employers and their employees.Benefex offers a compliance guarantee to help employers meet their regulatory obligations.Enroller links into RewardHub, Benefex’s reward and benefits software.Auto-enrolment is a potentially hazardous minefield for the uninitiated employer, because of the complex requirements involved in ...
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John Lawson: Tool fixes auto-enrolment compliance
KEY POINTSFines of up to £10,000 a day for auto-enrolment non-compliance are serving to focus employers’ minds.Aviva believes its Automatic-Enrolment Manager for Employers (AME) is one of the most complete compliance tools on the market.AME can also be used by HR and finance departments to model and control their overall ...
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Clare Bettelley: Auto-enrolment success depends on preparation
If I had a pound for every employer that has told me that, with hindsight, they would have allowed much more time to plan and execute their auto-enrolment strategy, I would be rich.Employee communications seem to be dominating many employers’ auto-enrolment agendas because of the time these are taking to ...
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Icap set auto-enrolment targets for providers
These were to help Icap decide which employees were eligible for auto-enrolment; to help calculate contributions; and to help communicate with employees seamlessly, with as little manual intervention or human administration as possible.Hemmings decided to stick with the organisation’s existing pensions provider, Standard Life, but required additional support from Icap’s ...
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How should employers select auto-enrolment help?
IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE, READ THIS…Many pension services are available to help employers through the auto-enrolment process.Support is available from pension and payroll providers, as well as employee benefits consultants.Employers may opt to use one or a range of consultants to help them implement their strategies.Auto-enrolment is likely to ...
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Lynn Graves: All-in-one platforms can handle auto-enrolment
KEY POINTSScottish Widows’ AssistMe enables employers to manage their workforce’s pensions through a single interface, which can be integrated with their own systems.Professional advisers can access AssistMe to help manage employers’ compliance requirements.There is no extra cost for AssistMe; it is part of Scottish Widows’ pension administration services.Scottish Widows launched ...
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SPP Pumps used existing adviser for auto-enrolment
Terry Newby, operations director at SPP, says: “We are a relatively small company and have no HR function, so as long as Barnett Waddingham appears to be doing the right thing by us, we are happy to stick with it.”Before working with Barnett Waddingham on its auto-enrolment strategy, SPP was ...
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Clare Abrahams: Portal and expertise help auto-enrolment task
KEY POINTSLorica’s Simplicity solution is a technology portal combined with consultancy expertise.The Simplicity technology offers a secure, one-stop auto-enrolment portal that ensures employers stay up to date with compliance duties.Lorica can also work alongside employers’ existing providers.Every UK employer should be aware of auto-enrolment by now. Yet, in the lead-up ...
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Whitbread adapts pension for auto-enrolment
EXCLUSIVE: Whitbread has launched a dedicated pensions website and adapted its existing trust-based defined contribution (DC) pension scheme to comply with auto-enrolment.The organisation, which owns brands such as Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Costa Coffee and Premier Inn, reached its staging date on 1 January 2013.Its DC scheme now includes new contributions ...
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AnalysisWorkforce analysis is key to auto-enrolment
As the parent company of a range of smaller recruitment ?rms, Adecco will begin auto-enrolling staff on 1 March and will continue doing so at various stages until 2016. The organisation has 3,000 monthly-paid staff, who will all eventually be enrolled into a group personal pension (GPP) plan, while 20,000 ...
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How to choose a payroll provider for auto-enrolment
IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE, READ THIS…Payroll providers are a key part of the auto-enrolment process.However, not all payroll providers offer an integrated service.Employers should identify any gaps in their payroll provider’s service support as soon as possible.The payroll market spent much of last year under fire from employers and ...
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What are white-labelled pension funds?
IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE, READ THIS…White-labelled pension funds are growing in popularity as employers face more pension responsibilities.A white-labelled fund allows an employer to make changes without extensive employee communication.White-labelling can bring an element of future-proofing because employers are not tied to a single investment manager.Pension fund white-labelling is ...
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Call for move to collective DC pensions
Collective pension plans in the UK are de?ned bene?t (DB) schemes. Collective DC plans enable staff at different employers to pool savings into one pot, from which the pension is paid. This is commonly used in the Netherlands.“Collective pensions give better, higher pensions for the same cost,” said Pitt-Watson. “They ...