{"id":990,"date":"2014-05-08T14:49:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T14:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/blog\/?p=990"},"modified":"2014-05-08T14:49:31","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T14:49:31","slug":"auto-enrolment-increases-pension-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/auto-enrolment-increases-pension-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Auto enrolment increases pension membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The percentage of private sector employees in a workplace pension scheme increased from 26% in 2011 to 35% in 2013, according to research commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions.<\/p>\n<p>The Employers Pension Provision survey shows that at the time of the research, 2% of private sector businesses had passed their staging dates. These firms accounted for 32% of all private sector employees.<\/p>\n<p>Key findings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>65% of staged employers already had a workplace pension scheme set up when the reforms were passed<\/li>\n<li>Of these, 94% retained their schemes after staging and 92% did not change their contribution rates<\/li>\n<li>12% of firms that had not yet reached their staging date already had members on a workplace scheme<\/li>\n<li>59% of these expected to retain their current scheme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lucy Stokes, co-author of the report, said that the news was a \u201cpositive sign\u201d but warned of \u201csignificant challenges ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong employers yet to pass their staging dates, many do not currently have a workplace pension scheme in place, and a sizable proportion are uncertain about their plans,\u201d she said. The research also revealed that opt out rates were between 9% and 10%. The Government has now halved its predictions of opt out rates from 30% to 15%.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Jones, chief executive of the <strong>National Employment Savings Trust<\/strong>, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf these predictions are correct it\u2019s very promising news for future generations of pensioners, who\u2019ll be better off as a result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur current opt out figures are around 7% and hopefully they\u2019ll continue to stay low.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The percentage of private sector employees in a workplace pension scheme increased from 26% in 2011 to 35% in 2013, according to research commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions. The Employers Pension Provision survey shows that at the time of the research, 2% of private sector businesses had passed their staging dates. 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