Automatic enrolment: technical changes (2017)

This consultation is seeking views on regulations to make 2 changes to the automatic enrolment process. The changes are for new employers due to become subject to automatic enrolment duties during 2017. They are:

• a change to the automatic enrolment duties trigger set out in legislation for these new employers (known as post-staging employers)
• extending to these employers the option to defer automatic enrolment for their workers (currently this is available only to employers in the staging profile)

This consultation is aimed at:

• employers
• trade unions
• employee representatives
• pension industry professionals, including scheme administrators, payroll administrators, accountants, payroll bureaux, independent financial advisers and employee benefit consultants