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I'm an employer who has to provide a pension

Based on the information you've provided you are, or will be, an employer with staff who must be put into a pension scheme. Your automatic enrolment duties start when you employ your first member of staff (duties start date).

Remember, automatic enrolment is your legal duty and if you don't act in time you could be fined. Use our duties timeline to help you work out what you need to do and by when. Just enter your duties start date.

Duties timeline - what you need to do and by when

Select the date that your first member of staff started working for you. This is known as your duties start date.
For example, 27 3 2007

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Late setting up your pension scheme?

If you haven't set up your pension scheme within six weeks of your duties start date, you must backdate any contributions you've missed. Find out what you need to do if you're late setting up your pension scheme.

Avoiding common errors in pension duties

Find out how you can avoid making a number of common errors in pension duties. Key errors include using incorrect earnings thresholds and miscalculating contributions for staff receiving maternity pay.
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