Pension Scheme: Re-Enrolment and Re-Declaration

Every employer must assess all their workers every three years. If any worker has chosen to opt-out more than 12 months before the re-declaration date, they must be re-enrolled into the pension scheme. The employer must then complete a re-declaration to the Pensions Regulators. If your re-enrolment date is approaching, you should receive several emails from the Pension Regulators stating your re-enrolment date and when the re-declaration deadline is.

You must complete and submit your Re-Declaration of Compliance within five months of the third anniversary of your automatic enrolment duties start date. Your re-declaration deadline does not change if you chose a different date to assess your staff.

The re-declaration of compliance is an online form for you to tell the Pension Regulator how you have met your legal duties. It is the employer’s legal duty to complete the form accurately and on time. Failure to do so can result in a fine.

Ongoing Duties After Re-Enrolment

Whether you have staff to put back into your pension scheme or not, you will have ongoing duties. You need to keep records of how you’ve met your legal duties, and you must keep these for six years except for requests to leave the pension scheme which must be kept for four years.

The record you should keep a record of are below:

• Names and address of those you’ve put into a pension scheme
• Records that show when money was paid into the pension scheme
• Any requests to join or leave your pension scheme
• Your pension scheme reference or registry number

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Disclaimer - All information in this post was correct at time of writing.