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Auto enrolment opportunity or threat?Rob Walker 23rd October 2014
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• New government workplace pensions legislation
• Requires all employers with staff in the UK to provide a qualifying workplace pension scheme
• Implementation (staging date) is determined by the size of the employer’s largest PAYE as at April 2012
• Single shareholder companies, where the owner is also an employee, will also need to operate a scheme
• An eligible jobholder is any worker who ordinarily works in the UK and is aged between 22 and the State Pension Age, and earns over £10,000 a year.
• Eligible employees must be automatically enrolled
• Employees can opt-out
What is auto enrolment?
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Select a pension scheme provider Assessment of workers pre staging, at staging, ongoing Run opt-out / opt-in process and communications 3 year re-enrolment cycle Issuance of statutory postponement notices Issuance of statutory joining letters Record keeping for The Pensions Regulator requirements Reporting Submission of pension contribution information Administer refunds
Employer responsibilities
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Employer ResponsibilitiesSelect a pension scheme providerAssessment of workers pre staging, at staging, ongoingRun opt-out / opt-in process and communications3 year re-enrolment cycle Issuance of statutory postponement notices Issuance of statutory joining lettersRecord keeping for TPR requirementsReportingSubmission of pension contribution informationAdminister refunds
YOU, ADVISER, PAYROLL BUREAU,
ACCOUNTANT + NOW:PENSIONS
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What lies ahead?
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12,500 Stagers in July 2014
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60,000+ Stagers in July 2016
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Q1 2014
Q2 2014
Q3 2014
Q4 2014
Q1 2015
Q2 2015
Q3 2015
Q4 2015
Q1 2016
Q2 2016
Q3 2016
Q4 2016
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
Staging volumes by quarter (financial year)
Employer staging forecast from The Pensions Regulator
215,000
110,000
27,400
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• Auto enrolment is complex, your clients will be turning to you for support – if you can’t help they will have to look elsewhere
• It is an opportunity to develop solutions for existing clients and attract prospective clients
•Minimise process interruptions and client anxiety
• Potential to increase commercials by demonstrating added value with managed service options
Why should payroll bureaux get involved in auto enrolment?
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Research
In June 2014 we conducted research with 65 payroll bureaux / accountants that offer payroll services on their approach to auto enrolment.
We questioned them on:
• Readiness for auto enrolment
• The level of service they’ll be offering
• Their auto enrolment concerns
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Do you / will you offer auto enrolment services to clients?
Research conducted online with 65 payroll bureaux / accountants that offer payroll services via Payroll World in June 2014.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
60%
31%
2%8%
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Do you view auto enrolment as an opportunity or threat to your business?
Opportunity
Threat
Don’t know83%
11%6%
Research conducted online with 65 payroll bureaux / accountants that offer payroll services via Payroll World in June 2014.
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How do you see auto enrolment affecting your business?
Research conducted online with 65 payroll bureaux / accountants that offer payroll services via Payroll World in June 2014.
Growth opportunity
Client r
etention opportunity
Possibilit
y of lo
sing c
lients
Cost with
little benefit
Compliance
risk
Other0%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%
68%
50%
10%
29%18%
3%
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What are your main concerns around auto enrolment?
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
31%
41% 41% 38%
28%
18%15%
Research conducted online with 65 payroll bureaux / accountants that offer payroll services via Payroll World in June 2014.
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Will you charge extra for these services?
Yes
No
Don’t know 81%
10%9%
Research conducted online with 65 payroll bureaux / accountants that offer payroll services via Payroll World in June 2014.
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Payroll community has a vital role to play in ensuring that auto enrolment remains on track
and under control
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The technical issues…
41% of bureaus surveyed said technical payroll issues were their main concern
BUT have no fear-many of these issues can be resolved by building payroll interfaces with pension providers who can support and assist bureaus.
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Pension providers
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Statutory Minimum Contributions
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Who we are – heritage and backing• NOW: Pensions is a UK multi-employer trust• The first UK master trust to be awarded Pensions Quality Mark READY
by National Association of Pension Funds
• Low cost operating model powered by robust technology• Subsidiary of ATP, Denmark’s leading pension provider
50 years experience
Award winning pension
fund
c£65bn FUM
C151,500 employersSource: ATP 2013 Annual Report
C4.8m members
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Wholly independent with a depth of experience to provide rigorous governance.
Nigel WatersonChair and formerShadow Pensions
Minister
Christopher DaykinThe Former
Government Actuary
Lord MonksMember of House
of Lords and Former General Secretary of ETUC and TUC
Win RobbinsFormer Head of European
Fixed Income, Barclays Global Investors and
Credit Suisse Asset Management
Jocelyn BlackwellFounder of Dunnet Shaw and Raising
Standards in Pensions Administration
Trustee Board – Master Trust governance
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• Non-selective – guaranteed acceptance, no minimum member numbers or contribution levels
• Online sign up – set up a scheme within minutes, no lead time required when using standard models
• Payroll – we can run alongside any existing arrangements and have collaborated with many payroll software providers
• Flexible – happy to support full or partial integration of our free middleware solution
• Support – pre-implementation support from a National Partnership Manager and implementation support from a highly experienced Client Support Team
• What will it cost? – zero, if you follow the standard process
We seek to remove the
delivery burden whilst ensuring compliance and a full audit trail
What we provideEmployer
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• Simple and straightforward auto enrolment pensionSimple, transparent charging structure
• Employees in control of their savings Personal member website* – current and projected valuation, transfers in and out, death benefit nomination, change in personal contribution rate
• Employee support Employee helpline and email mailbox to reduce pension queries to employer, tutorial videos for member website and opt-out
* Requires unique employee email address in first data file uploaded to Employer portal
What we provideEmployees
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NOW: Pensions – Bureau solutionWhat is it?
We have invested in the delivery of dedicated microsites for payroll bureaux
This will enable you to pass multiple files across with just one website log in rather than a log in per client
You will be able to select supportive services for your clients and consider appropriate charging tiers
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Time is money – how long will it take you?
Run payroll and create the worker categorisation file
Log on to the website
Upload data filesto pension scheme
Batch process pensions
Client By client process
= 4 hours*
= 50 hours*
*The above FTE assumes 200 payrolls to be processed within a pay frequency
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NOW: Pensions dedicated solution can help you add real value yet maintain efficiencies
4. Batched data
transfer
3. Simple data 2. Single login 1. Simple benefit
models
8. Reporting7. Control6. Administration5. Online sign up
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Default solution• Make things simple for
you and your client
• Reduce queries and deliver a defined solution for majority of clients
• Differentiate costs to drive clients to this solution
Options to working together
Proactive approach
• Non defined but differentiated pricing drives outcome
• Contribution and postponement options
Passive approach• Promote NOW: Pensions
and NEST as non-selective• Do you prescribe other
aspects? “Be aware: more decisions = more queries“
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Helpful collateral
Auto enrolment for payroll bureaux
An introduction to auto enrolment
About NOW: Pensions
Please click the images below to link to the literature
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Any questions?nowpensions.com0 333 33 222 22
NOW: Pensions is a UK occupational pension plan. Membership is only available through an employer. NOW: Pensions Limited, registered in England and Wales. Registered address: 3rd floor, 164 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4LX, UK. Our VAT number is 125511643.
This is written as a general guide only. It should not be relied upon as a substitute for specific professional advice. Please note past performance is not a guarantee of future returns.