Auto-enrolment: are you set?

The clock is ticking for even the smallest employers to comply with the auto-enrolment pensions legislation, says David Prosser.

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The pensions deadline is looming ever closer

The clock is ticking for even the smallest employers to comply with the auto-enrolment pensions legislation. By April, every employer in existence in 2012 when the legislation came into effect must be compliant, even if they have only a handful of employees. And by February next year, all employers set up since 2012 will also be covered by the rules.

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David Prosser
Business Columnist

David Prosser is a regular MoneyWeek columnist, writing on small business and entrepreneurship, as well as pensions and other forms of tax-efficient savings and investments. David has been a financial journalist for almost 30 years, specialising initially in personal finance, and then in broader business coverage. He has worked for national newspaper groups including The Financial Times, The Guardian and Observer, Express Newspapers and, most recently, The Independent, where he served for more than three years as business editor.