Covid-19 and workplace pensions: Employers, your business might have changed, but your automatic enrolment duties haven’t.

As we continue to face the unfamiliar, it has never been more important to keep protecting pensions. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is currently running a campaign to ensure employers understand that their automatic enrolment duties continue as usual.

Whether all or part of your staff are on furlough as part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, you have a duty to ensure that you continue to make correct pension contributions into your workplace pension on behalf of your staff.

TPR have published guidance for employers outlining the actions you need to take and includes information about Government’s support for employers, questions around payroll processes and pension contributions, re-enrolment requirements, what employers must do if staff ask to opt out or reduce contributions, as well as guidance for new employers.

TPR expects you to continue to make the correct pensions contributions for your staff and they will continue to monitor employer compliance. For more information, visit TPR’s COVID employer guidance.