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Whitbread minimises AE staff education
With auto-enrolment looming, Pippa Stephens looks at Costa Coffee owner Whitbread's unorthodox approach to member engagement
Webb on AE challenges for medium schemes
Video: Pensions minister Steve Webb discusses with Ian Smith the auto-enrolment delays and what should be top of the agenda for medium-sized employers (5:39)
Kingfisher to dodge legal risk of AE phone opt-out
The Kingfisher pension scheme is to offer members an online rather than telephone opt-out to reduce its litigation risk following auto-enrolment. Ian Smith analyses the scheme’s decision
Video: April AE deadline looms for big companies
Fidelity's Julian Webb explains to Ian Smith the key duties for larger employers auto-enrolling this year, with a crucial deadline approaching in April (4:17)
BA to use iPad and iPhone to promote AE scheme
As British Airways targets smart devices to improve engagement, Ian Smith analyses how employers are using auto-enrolment as a platform to promote their scheme
Shell examines cost of auto-enrolling expats
The government’s auto-enrolment definition is causing confusion among multinational and offshore employers. Ian Smith analyses how companies such as Shell are controlling the cost of the reform
Printing scheme aims to cut member fees with AE
The Printing Industry Pension Scheme expects to multiply its employer membership through auto-enrolment. Ian Smith explores how it is planning to use the reform to control costs for members
M&S prepares trigger to manage AE payroll risk
Marks & Spencer is working on a payroll trigger for the 5,000 staff who will dip in and out of the auto-enrolment bracket. Ian Smith looks at how schemes are managing this regulation risk
Using Nest to manage 2012 risk: five myths explained
Richard Bartlett, assistant director of the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest), explains how schemes and employers can use it to complement their existing arrangements for auto-enrolment
Schemes plan for Nest add-on
More employers are discussing combining Nest with their current provisions as an associate or entry-level scheme
One in four employers to mitigate 2012 costs
Ian Smith looks at new data revealing how defined contribution (DC) schemes and employers are planning to control the cost of auto-enrolment
Auto-enrolment videos
- Video: April AE deadline looms for big companies05 January 2012 12:20pm
- Video: How to avoid auto-enrolment pitfalls06 October 2011 02:55pm
- Video: Auto-enrolment concerns for small business03 October 2011 05:08pm
- Video: Five steps to auto-enrolment15 June 2011 02:57pm