Pensions regulator to prosecute second company for auto-enrolment failings

The watchdog has accused Birmingham-based Crest Healthcare and managing director Sheila Aluko of wilfully failing to set up a pension scheme for its 25 staff, in its second prosecution of this type. It is also seeking its first conviction under section 80 of the Pensions Act 2004, claiming the defendants had knowingly provided false information to the regulator when falsely claiming it had enrolled its staff into a workplace pension scheme. The company and Aluko have been summonsed to appear at Brighton Magistrates' Court on 22 December. If found guilty, the court can impose an unl...