Tag Archives: Workie
Auto-enrolment-Is Workie working?
By now we were due to be in trouble. There was talks of Tsunamis and capacity crunches. Nostradamus had nothing on the industry commentators saying that we wouldn’t cope; we’re coping. I go to events and ask participants, how’s … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Pensions Regulator, TPR, Workie, workplace pension
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How Mill Pensions help small employers to choose their workplace pension.
Here are a few testimonials we’ve been collecting from business advisers using Pension PlayPen. We don’t pretend they are unbiased – these are the people who love us. But what’s not to love about a service that delivers more for … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Elaine Tarver, Mill Pensions, pension, pension playpen, Workie
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“Workie Vicit” – tPR on the state of AE
The Pension Regulator has published its snappily entitled Automatic enrolment commentary and analysis report 2015/16 The first question I asked as I opened its 45 pages was “who’s it for?“. TPR’s primary stakeholder is the DWP which funds it and … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, D, DB, DWP, Mastertrust, NEST, staging, the Pensions Regualtor, TPR, Workie
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Workie off balance-Frank to the rescue!
An everyday story of kleptocratic mismanagement Here is an extract from the recently published conversation between the DWP Select Committee (Frank Field & Co) and the DWP (under new management). You are always supposed to read the source material first, … Continue reading
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Why every firm must pay attention to their pension
The poet Yeats , concludes a short poem But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. Small employers rely on large organisations to establish, … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, NEST, pension, pension playpen, pensions, TPR, tread on my dreams, Workie
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So when will Workie go robo?
Channel 4 did a Dispatches this week on the perils for employers in choosing a pension. I think I am off Dispatches’ Christmas Card list since telling them that annuities weren’t a rip-off at the back of 2013. In any … Continue reading
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Tagged Dispatches, FCA, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Sage, TPR, Workie
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Who’s afraid of auto-enrolment?
Despite the dire warnings – not that many UK employers New research from workplace pensions provider NOW: Pensions reveals that UK small firms are relatively relaxed about auto enrolment and the introduction of the National Living Wage with concerns focussed … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Employment, Financial services, fines, NEST, Payroll, penalty notice, pension playpen, Retirement, Workie
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Confusing messaging on workplace pensions
Tom McPhail – the Stone Roses’ new vocalist? To the melodious backing of the Stone Roses’ “All for one“, Tom McPhail can be heard on radio today warning the world about small master trusts that could go wrong. “All for … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, auto-enrolement, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pensions, Retirement, Workie
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Not clueless but powerless
In one of the most bizarre episodes of my working life, I found myself hanging up my coat while agreeing with the Pension Regulator a redaction to yesterday’s blog. As I spoke , I bumped into the man I had … Continue reading
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Tagged AWT, clueless, powerless, The Pensions Regulator, Workie, Workpace Pension
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The BBC-all at sea-on workplace pensions
As you must be interested in pensions, it’s worth taking a couple of minutes this morning to listen to minutes 8-15 of Radio 4’s World tonight (downloadable as a podcast). It’s a well researched and well produced article with a … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, auto enrolment, BBC, Berkshire, pension, Pensions Regualtor, PLSA, Treasury, Workie, workplace Pensions, World tonight
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