The 'administrative nightmare' of auto-enrolment into National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will divert necessary attention from the scheme's investment strategy, the Pensions Institute warns.
Director professor David Blake says keeping track of contributions for migrant and casual workers will be a major challenge for NEST Corporation and it could face problems managing cash flows. He says: "Think of the problem of dealing with seasonal farm workers living in tents and moving every few weeks to another job. Think what would happen if there was a slight mistyping of their name or National Insurance number when this happened." He adds: "Tim Jones will be concerned to ensure that the money collected is properly allocated to each member's account. He will be far less concerned...
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