Accounts manager admits to lying to TPR about meeting AE duties

Appearing at Brighton Magistrates' Court yesterday (9 January), Nasir pleaded guilty to nine charges of knowingly or recklessly providing TPR with information which was false or misleading when submitted auto-enrolment (AE) declarations of compliance. As payroll adviser, Nasir claimed nine branches of the Akbar chain of restaurants were giving their employees the correct benefits, but 103 members of staff had not been enrolled. He also lied to TPR investigators in a bid to conceal this. The offences involved workers at Akbar restaurants in Birmingham, Manchester, Yorkshire and the Nor...