Aviva: workers positive on auto-enrolment

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Most workers will choose not to opt out of auto-enrolment when it comes into force from 2012, an Aviva report suggests.

Only 15% of working family heads would choose to opt out of a workplace pension scheme under auto-enrolment, according to the Aviva Family Finances Report. Aviva said there was "much positive sentiment" about auto-enrolment from workers, but added 12% of heads of families were worried the scheme would not be right for them, with 16% concerned about the impact on their take-home pay. The report said only 28% of breadwinners actively pay into a workplace pension now, but 74% would be happy to start if their employer matched their contributions. Paul Goodwin, head of pensions marketin...

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