Auto-Enrolment: Organising around pensions
- Keir Greenaway
- Oct 16, 2017
- 1 min read
Auto-enrolment was introduced to get employers to enroll all their staff in to a workplace pension of a minimum standard. The minimum standard of that pension is set to change in April 2018. This will mean an increase in employer contributions from 1% to 2% and our member’s contributions from 1% to 3%.
Lots of employers have much better pensions than the auto-enrolment minimum but will still enroll new starters at this derisory level. GMB expects most private sector employers as well as some academies and contractors in the public sector to be effected by this change.
We do not have to settle for a bare minimum pension, just like we do not settle for bare minimum pay! If you think your employer might have some employees affected by the increase in minimum contributions in April 2018, please let us know pensionsdept@gmb.org.uk and we can assist in a campaign in your workplace.
I'm hosting a free webinar on the changes to auto-enrolment, and what they mean for GMB members. It's at 6pm on Tuesday, 28 November. To register, go to: www.gmb.org.uk/autoenrolment-webinar
