Under the workplace pension reforms, employers will be required to automatically enrol jobholders into, and to contribute to, a qualifying work place pension scheme.
Pensions: Automatic enrolment - background (561 KB , PDF)
Under the workplace pension reforms, employers will be required to automatically enrol workers into a qualifying pension scheme. Unless the worker opt outs, minimum contributions must be paid. When the reforms are fully introduced, the minimum contribution will be 8% of a band of “qualifying earnings”: 3% from the employer; 4% from the worker and 1% in tax relief. The reforms have their origin in the work of the Pensions Commission, chaired by Lord Turner of Ecchinswell and were originally legislated for by the Labour Government in the Pensions Act 2008. This notes looks at the background to the scheme. A separate note – SN 4847 Pensions: automatic enrolment – 2010 onwards – takes the story forward.
Pensions: Automatic enrolment - background (561 KB , PDF)
The Armed Forces Pension Scheme is an occupational pension scheme open to most members of the armed forces. This briefing explains the legislative background to the schemes, the benefits for each pension scheme and covers current issues such as the McCloud remedy.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has investigated the communication of State Pension age increases to women born in the 1950s.
The McCloud pension remedy was brought in after a judgment found that the government discriminated against younger members of public service pension schemes.
