Whistleblowers trigger one in ten TPR auto-enrolment investigations

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One in ten (11%) of The Pensions Regulator's (TPR's) 590 investigations into auto-enrolment (AE) non-compliance was triggered by whistleblowing reports.

This month, a Professional Adviser's sister title Professional Pensions Freedom of Information request revealed more than 500 inquiries had been launched into employers' AE measures in the last six months. The regulator has now clarified a total of 65 investigations were opened as a result of reports from whistleblowers. A statement from TPR said: "From 1 April 2012 to 31 Jan 2014, there have been 590 investigations conducted by TPR into employers who were either experiencing difficulties with or had failed to comply with the employer duties; 65 of the investigations were instigated b...

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