Automatic enrolment questions and answers

Most popular questions - General

• Q. My staff have been impacted by the rising cost of living and can’t pay their contributions, what can I do to help?
• Q. Do I need to put a staff member into a pension scheme when they meet the earnings threshold on a one off basis eg as a result of a bonus?
• Q. If a member of staff’s earnings are £192 a week or less, must they be put into a pension scheme?
• Q. I’m a new employer. What if I pay my staff less than £120 per week and/or don’t have a PAYE scheme. Does automatic enrolment still apply to me?
• Q. What records do I have to keep?
• Q. What happens if a member of staff who I've put into a pension scheme earns less than £192 a week (£833 a month) in a future pay period?
• Q. How do I choose a pension scheme?
• Q. What if my staff members meet the criteria to be put into a pension scheme, but they don’t want to be put into one?
• Q. My school status has changed to an academy (or foundation school) - what does this mean for automatic enrolment?
• Q. How often do we need to check to see if staff who don’t need to be put into a pension scheme still remain in that category?