For Employers
Workplace pensions law is changing and every employer will have to act.
From 2012, changes to pensions law will affect all employers with at least one worker in the UK. To help prepare for the changes, we've produced some interactive tools for employers new to pensions, plus a series of guidance that explains the new duties in detail.
The essentials
Resources to help you get to grips with the basics of your role
Featured:
- Recommended first step: Interactive tools for employers Tools to help you understand the basics of your new employer duties
- Workplace pensions law is changing... (PDF, 89kb, 5 pages) A brief overview summarising your new employer duties
In depth
Guidance for employers on key aspects of pension provision.
Including:
- Automatic enrolment
- Employer role
- Stakeholder pensions
- Reporting and registering
Featured:
- Pensions reform: detailed guidance For professionals and employers with in-house pensions professionals: sets out the new employer duties and how they should be implemented
Explaining pensions to your employees
Information and resources to help you explain pensions to your employees.
- Making your retirement choices - Think before you choose (PDF, 156kb, 23 pages) Use this guide to explain to your employees the range of options available to those approaching retirement
- Employer duty to consult on scheme changes (PDF, 29kb, 2 pages) Statement on the employer duty to consult before making changes to future pension arrangements
What to do if you:
want to know more about the new duties for employers
download our brief overview Workplace pensions law is changing...
want to know more about how the changes to workplace pensions will affect you
download our leaflet An introduction to workplace pension changes (PDF)
need to set up a pension scheme for your employees
read a quick guide to the different types of work-based pension scheme
want to find out more about the levy and why schemes have to pay it
read about the levy for a full explanation - you can log on and set up a direct debit
want to check if you need to offer your staff a stakeholder pension scheme
go to our stakeholder pensions section for a simple overview and an online decision tree
want to find out more about the abolition of contracting out on a DC basis
download the Employer factsheet (PDF) from the DWP website
