Guidance and support
On this page you can find full details of the guidance and support available from ICAEW and the Pensions Regulator, including helpsheets, guides and articles addressing areas of concern.
Help from the Pensions Regulator
The Pensions Regulator is the body which regulates work-based pension schemes in the UK.
The TPR website features a step-by-step employers duties tool to guide employers through the auto enrolment process, information on re-enrolment for employers and advice on choosing a pension scheme. A list of pension schemes available to small employers and COVID-19 guidance for employers is also available.
An extensive document library is provided with resources on the new employer duties, including guides, consultations, codes of practice and forms.
ICAEW Helpsheets
- Engagement letters (Part J, Payroll services, covers the auto-enrolment aspects of payroll services)
- Auto-enrolment: A guide for members on factors to consider when selecting or advising on a suitable workplace pension scheme
Regulation changes
New regulations for auto-enrolment came into force on 1 April 2015, reducing the administrative burden for business.
- Read a short summary (PDF)
Business adviser's guide
This step-by-step guide from the Pensions Regulator shows how you can help your clients with their automatic enrolment duties.
Updates from ICAEW and the Pensions Regulator
Regularly updated common Questions and answers for business advisers, covering a wide variety of auto-enrolment topics, are also available on our Introduction to auto-enrolment for business advisers page.
- Are your clients aware that their automatic enrolment duties have not changed in light of COVID-19?
Practicewire, August 2020
The Pensions Regulator has launched a digital campaign with the key message that a employer's automatic enrolment duties remain unchanged. - Milestone for workplace pensions regulation as TPR launches new approach
Pensions Regulator, September 2018
An increasing number of workplace pension schemes will come under greater scrutiny from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) as part of a significant shift in its approach to protect savers. - Automatic enrolment: Are your clients thinking of employing temporary or seasonal staff?
Practicewire, December 2017
Clients planning to take on short term, seasonal or temporary staff may find it useful to delay their assessment and enrolment - this is know as postponement. - Automatic enrolment: what happens if my client doesn't comply or is late complying?
Practicewire, February 2017
Guidance from the Pensions Regulator to business advisors whose clients haven’t yet complied with their Automatic Enrolment (AE) duties. - Spreading your wings
FS Focus, January 2015
Pension reforms are an opportunity for chartered accountants to demonstrate to clients how they can add value. Alan Hind explains how a designated professional body licence can help.
ICAEW Library & Information Service
The ICAEW Library & Information Service includes a collection of print and online articles and books for pensions auto-enrolment that can support your work. Click on the links below to see our catalogue record and holdings for each item.
We can also supply a variety of model documents, including example engagement letters and disclosure checklists, through our document supply service.
Selected titles
Autoenrolment eBook
Camilla Barry (ICSA, 2013)
A guide to auto-enrolment legislation, written for company secretaries and employers, although employees, trustees and others involved in pensions’ administration will also find it useful. This eBook is available for download by ICAEW members and ACA students.
Pensions law handbook
J.Bell (Bloomsbury, 2019)
A guide to all aspects of pensions law and practice in the UK, including auto-enrolment.
Pensions auto-enrolment made easy
D.Strange (Indicator, 2014)
Chapters cover: the pension regulator's role; auto-enrolment basics; timing your auto-enrolment; employee categories; employee rights to opt in and out of a workplace pension; postponement or waiting periods; pension schemes; contributions; investment options; calculating earnings for auto-enrolment; tax relief on contributions; employer compliance; auto-enrolment management; prohibited actions; example scenarios; and pension scheme providers.
Further titles
You can obtain copies of articles or extracts of books and reports by post, fax or email through our document supply service.
To find out how you can borrow books from the Library please see our guide to book loans.
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