Consultation outcome

Workplace pensions automatic enrolment: simplifying the process and reducing burdens on employers

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 1 December 2014
• Last updated: 9 March 2015 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Technical changes to automatic enrolment: government response to the consultation on draft regulations

PDF, 158 KB, 29 pages

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Detail of outcome

This document sets out the government’s response to the consultation.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on proposals to further simplify the automatic enrolment process and reduce burdens on employers.

This consultation ran from
2pm on 1 December 2014 to 11:45pm on 9 January 2015

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on draft regulations to simplify the process for automatic enrolment into workplace pensions and reduce burdens on employers.

The measures will:

• introduce an alternative quality requirement for defined benefits (DB) pension schemes
• simplify the requirements on employers regarding the provision of information about automatic enrolment to their employees
• create exceptions to the employer duties so that an employer is not required to enrol an employee into a workplace pension in certain situations

The consultation is aimed at:

• employers
• trade unions
• employee representatives
• pension industry professionals, including scheme administrators, payroll administrators, accountants, payroll bureaux, independent financial advisers and employee benefit consultants

Documents

Technical changes to automatic enrolment: consultation on draft regulations

PDF, 121 KB, 26 pages

The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

PDF, 48.4 KB, 7 pages

Published 1 December 2014
Last updated 9 March 2015 + show all updates

1. 9 March 2015

   Published the consultation outcome - the government's response to the consultation.

2. 1 December 2014

   First published.