EXCLUSIVE: More than a third (36%) of employer respondents are using pensions auto-re-enrolment as an opportunity to introduce wider communications around pensions and pension savings, according to research by Employee Benefits and Close Brothers.
The Employee Benefits/Close Brothers Pensions research 2016, which surveyed 250 employer respondents, also found that a fifth (19%) have introduced, or are planning to introduce, financial education in response to auto-re-enrolment.
October 2015 marked the third anniversary of the introduction of auto-enrolment for the UK’s largest employers. It also saw the beginning of the auto-re-enrolment process, under which employers must automatically re-enrol any eligible employee who previously opted out or is not a member of their workplace pension scheme every three years from the initial date of auto-enrolment compliance.
This year and next will see the majority of larger employers in the UK go through auto-re-enrolment for the first time.
Overall, it is encouraging that just under a quarter (22%) of respondents are viewing auto-re-enrolment as an opportunity to make changes to their pensions provision, despite 33% reporting that it has or will increase their costs.
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