Guidance and support

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.

• Law-breaking employers targeted in new round of pension compliance checks
  Pensions Regulator, May 2019
  The Regulator will be carrying out spot checks across the UK of employers suspected of breaking the law regarding their auto-enrolment pension duties. 
• April 2019 contributions increase
  Practicewire, February 2019
  April will see the second increase in pensions contributions for employers and their staff - here's everything you need to know about the changes. 
• Court hands recruitment firm largest fine and first custodial sentences to follow a TPR prosecution
  Pensions Regulator, October 2018
  A national recruitment agency and senior members of its staff have been fined over £280,000 for a coordinated effort to illegally opt workers out of their pension scheme. 
• Automatic Enrolment – how do workplace pensions work?
  Practicewire, October 2018
  Update on current compliance with auto-enrolment and the results of TPR's recent Automatic Enrolment Commentary and Analysis report. 
• 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.
• Trustee fined for failing to report unpaid pension contributions
  Pensions Regulator, June 2018
  Scheme trustee failed for failing to tell the Pensions Regulator and pension scheme members that almost £900,000 of pension contributions from employers had not been collected or invested.
• Automatic enrolment and ongoing duties
  Practicewire, June 2018
  Article on your clients' ongoing duties, covering paying regular contributions, monitoring the age and earnings of all staff, processing requests to opt in, join or leave the scheme and managing re-enrolment.
• Automatic enrolment: The last of the stagers
  Practicewire, June 2018
  This summer will see up to 180,000 employers with a staging date reach their deadline for completing their declaration of compliance with The Pensions Regulator. 
• 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. 
• 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

• View a list of recent articles and books in our collection on auto-enrolment

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.