Hutton promises to ease burden for small business

Hutton told a the Federation of Small Business conference today he would strive to soften the blow of paying into staff pensions. Hutton says: "We've got to be mindful of the burden this would impose on small employers, as well as the potential employment implications "So let me make one thing clear: should we go down this road, we will have to look very seriously at how these burdens can be minimized." Compelling employer’s to contribution to a pension scheme on behalf of their employees as well as the employee contributing to the scheme themselves, is a key proposal of the Turner ...