Your minimum employer contribution

Introduction

You will have to make regular payments into the pension schemes of all staff who you automatically enrol and all those who choose to opt in.

The law has set a minimum level for employer contributions. To work out the minimum amount you'll have to pay for an individual staff member, you'll need to know their gross earningsgross earningsGross earnings include salary, wages, commission, bonuses, overtime, statutory sick pay and statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay., so it's important you know what we mean by this.