Automatic enrolment questions and answers
Most popular questions - General
- Q. Do contributions have to continue once a member of staff has been put into a pension scheme, but their earnings drop below the earnings threshold for automatic enrolment?
- Q. None of my employees want to be put into a pension scheme, so I thought I didn’t need to do anything?
- Q. One of my staff has a second job with a different employer; do I have to take this into account when assessing them?
- Q. I have a member of staff who wasn’t put into a pension scheme on my duties start date as he wasn’t earning enough. This month he worked overtime and he earnt over £833 but next month he will earn less than this. What do I do?
- Q. Can a staff member who has been automatically enrolled leave the pension scheme after one calendar month?
- Q. A staff member has handed in their notice although they have just started earning over £833 a month - do I need to put them into a pension scheme and make contributions?
- Q. Can we delay working out who to put into a pension scheme more than once?
- Q. One of my staff has built up pension savings above the lifetime allowance. Do I still have to put them into a pension scheme?
- Q. Do I need to set up a pension scheme if none of my staff need to be put into one?
- Q. Which tasks do I need to carry out if I don’t have staff that need to be put into a pension scheme?