The Pensions Regulator (TPR) issued almost four times more auto-enrolment non-compliance notices against employers in last three months than in the previous quarter, official figures show.
The watchdog's latest update shows that 469 warnings were handed out over the three months to the end of September, up from 119 the preceding quarter. TPR also issued two escalating penalty notices in the period, taking the total number dished out to seven. These fines ranged from £50 to £10,000 per day depending on the size of the company. The regulator has now used its powers more than 3,000 times, but said the majority of non-compliance had been unintentional. TPR executive director of auto-enrolment, Charles Counsell, urged employers to allow time to understand how the law a...
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