Events

Understanding Auto-enrolment and other employer duties training – Cardiff

Cardiff - 16 August 2012

Auto-enrolment is a relatively new requirement, as prescribed by the Pensions Act 2008. Phased in over the coming years, eligible employees will be automatically enrolled into a qualifying pension scheme without any active involvement from the employee.

Start time : 10:00 am
End time: 4:00 pm

At the Understanding workshops, delegates have the benefit of an experienced tutor and a detailed workbook they can take away for future reference. Auto-enrolment is a relatively new requirement, as prescribed by the Pensions Act 2008. Phased in over the coming years, eligible employees will be automatically enrolled into a qualifying pension scheme without any active involvement from the employee. There are several duties that an employer has including registration, identifying types of employee, communication and auto-enrolment itself.

The workshops cover:

Auto-enrolment

Automatic enrolment rules for Defined Benefit Schemes and how these interact with the LGPS
The automatic enrolment timetable (that is, the staging dates for employers)
How to determine an employer's staging date
Employer's option to bring forward their staging date
Employer's option to use the transitional period to delay automatic enrolment for existing employees
Use of a three month 'waiting period' for those with contracts of employment of less than three months
Information to be given by the employer to eligible jobholders, non-eligible jobholders and workers and the associated timescales for providing the information
Information to be given by the employer to the administering authority
Contribution payover procedures
Opt out forms and procedures
Records to be kept by employers and by the administering authority
Re-enrolment procedures
Compliance processes
Employer registration with the Pensions Regulator.

Other employer duties

Disclosure of information, scheme literature and forms
Determining pensionable pay and contribution band attribution
Information for leavers and retirees
First instance decisions
End of year returns (including new Finance Act 2011 requirements)
Keeping records
Policy requirements and exercise of discretions
Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure (IDRP).

For further details please refer to our Circular 259

Who should attend?

These workshops are aimed at both Administering and Employing Authority staff who have operational responsibilities under the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Delegates do not necessarily need a thorough working knowledge of the LGPS itself but some experience of the scheme and its provisions would be useful.