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The Pensions Regulator helps schemes to determine requirements of automatic enrolment

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

An online ‘DC qualifying scheme tool’ has been made available by the Regulator to help employers assess whether their existing DC scheme meets the minimum criteria for an automatic enrolment scheme, as set out in legislation.

The tool is accompanied by a downloadable leaflet ‘Selecting a good automatic enrolment scheme’ which sets out a number of questions for employers to consider when they are selecting a pension scheme for automatic enrolment, or assessing the quality of their existing scheme.

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