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Pegasus Software
Payroll End Of Year 2014
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Pegasus Software
Payroll End Of Year 2014
Samantha GarrettProduct Specialist
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Agenda
Changes for completion of the 2013/2014 EOY
• End of Year Procedures
Changes for the Tax Year 2014/2015
• Legislation Changes• Starting the 2014/2015 Tax Year
What is auto enrolment?
Coffee Break
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Agenda
Pegasus Web Xchange
• What is Pegasus Web Xchange• Overview of Payroll Self Service
Operating auto enrolment within Opera 3
• Activating & running auto enrolment at your Staging Date• NEST Integration• Communicating with your workers – Using XRL• Storing Documents – Using Document Management
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Payroll End of Year 2014
Version numbers for the 2014/2015 releases
• Opera II – Version 7.30• Opera 3 – Version 2.10• Capital Gold – Version 3.97• Pegasus Online Filing Manager – 3.40
When should you apply this upgrade?
Documentation• Payinfo.pdf• Legislative Changes• Product Changes• Checklist
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Changes prior to 2013/14 EOY
Options for printing P60’s
• Currently
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Changes prior to 2013/14 EOY
Options for printing P60’s
• Post upgrade
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Changes prior to 2013/14 EOY
HMRC Stationery Order Line
• Ordering P60’s
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Changes prior to 2013/14 EOY
HMRC Stationery Order Line
• Ordering P60’s
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Changes prior to 2013/14 EOY
Internet Service for PAYE – P14’s
• Now part of the Full Payment Submission• Removed from the Opera & OFM menu structures
Prepare Internet P35 • Now part of the final Employers Payment Summary• Removed from the Opera & OFM menu structures
P45 & P46 • Now part of the Full Payment Submission• Removed from the Opera & OFM menu structures
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Changes prior to 2013/14 EOY
Changes to Real Time Information
• Name Validation• Leave Date Validation• Leavers with Zero Pay• Period of Inactivity Start Date
Changes to Direct Earnings Attachment Orders • Pilot DEA Orders were introduced in April 2013• These are now fully introduced & available
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Changes prior to 2013/14 EOY
Changes to Auto Enrolment
• Technical changes to Pay Reference Period• Registration with the Pensions Regulator• Auto Enrolment Joining Window
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End of Year Procedures
Backup Opera II / Opera 3
Upgrade to Opera II – v7.30 / Opera 3 – v2.10
Upgrade Online Filing Manager – v3.40
Complete your normal Payroll processing EXCLUDING the final Update • Calculation• Payroll Summary Reports / To-Date Summary Reports• P32 Processing ensuring funding & payments are correct
Run UDS
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End of Year Procedures
EOY / Special Reports
• P60 End of Year Returns• Print P35 Substitute• Pay / Ded List
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End of Year Procedures
Is the Payroll linked to the Nominal Ledger?
• Run the N/L Analysis command
Is the Payroll linked to the Cashbook? • Run the Cashbook Transfer command
Are the employees paid by BACS? • Run the Payment Reports / Produce & List BACS command
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End of Year Procedures
RTI Submissions – Full Payment Submission
• Create & send the final FPS for 2013/2014• Check Service Availability
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End of Year Procedures
RTI Submissions – Service Availability
• www.customs.hmrc.gov.uk/maint/
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End of Year Procedures
RTI Submissions – Service Availability
• www.customs.hmrc.gov.uk/maint/
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End of Year Procedures
RTI Submissions – Full Payment Submission
• Create & send the final FPS for 2013/2014• Check Service Availability
RTI Submissions – Employer Payment Summary • Create & send the final EPS for 2013/2014
Payroll Update • Run the Update routine for the final Pay Period
End of Year Cleardown
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End of Year Procedures
Final Checks
• Utilities / Set Options – Current Tax Year• Utilities / Calendar – Current Tax Year• Utilities / PAYE/NI/Stat.Payments• Utilities / Set Options – Small Employers Relief• Processing – Employee Tax Codes
Earlier Year Update
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Income Tax Bandwidths
2013/14 2014/15
Basic Rate – 20% £0 - £32,010 £0 - £31,865
Higher Rate – 40% £32,011 - £150,000 £31,866 - £150,000
Additional Rate – 45% £150,000+ £150,000+
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Income Tax Personal Allowances
2013/14 2014/15
Under 65 £9,440 £10,000
Aged 65-74 £10,500 £10,500
Aged 75 and over £10,660 £10,660
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Changes in Tax Codes
2013/14 2014/15
Uplift “L” Tax Code 944L 1000L
Emergency Tax Code 944L 1000L
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
National Insurance Bandwidths – Weekly
2013/14 2014/15
Lower Earnings Limit £109 £111
Secondary Threshold £148 £153
Primary Threshold £149 £153
Upper Accrual Point £770 £770
Upper Earnings Limit £797 £805
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
National Insurance Bandwidths – Monthly
2013/14 2014/15
Lower Earnings Limit £473 £481
Secondary Threshold £641 £663
Primary Threshold £646 £663
Upper Accrual Point £3,337 £3,337
Upper Earnings Limit £3,454 £3,489
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
National Insurance Contributions – Employee (Primary)
Earnings per week NIC Rate %
Below £111 (LEL) 0
£111 to £153 (PT) 0
£153 to £770 (UAP) 12
£770 to £805 (UEL) 12
Above £805 (UAP) 2
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
National Insurance Contributions – Employee D NI Code
Earnings per week NIC Rate %
Below £111 (LEL) 0
£111 to £153 (PT) 0
£153 to £770 (UAP) 10.6
£770 to £805 (UEL) 12
Above £805 (UAP) 2
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
National Insurance Contributions – Employer (Secondary)
Earnings per week NIC Rate %
Below £153 (ST) 0
Above £153 13.8
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
National Insurance Contributions – Employer D NI Code
Earnings per week NIC Rate %
Below £111 (LEL) 0
£111 to £153 (ST) 0
£153 to £770 (UAP) 10.4
£770 to £805 (UEL) 13.8
Above £805 13.8
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
National Insurance Contributions – Employee (Primary)
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
National Insurance Contributions – Employer (Secondary)
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Statutory Payment Rates (SSP/SMP/SAP/OSPP/ASPP)
Weekly Rate2013/14
Weekly Rate2014/15
Statutory Sick Pay £86.70 £87.55
Statutory Maternity Pay £136.78 £138.18
Statutory Adoption Pay £136.78 £138.18
Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay
£136.78 £138.18
Additional Statutory Paternity Pay
£136.78 £138.18
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Student Loan Threshold
2013/14 2014/15
Threshold £16,365 £16,910
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Pensions Auto Enrolment
2013/14 2014/15
Auto Enrolment Threshold
£9,440 £10,000
Qualifying Earnings – Lower Threshold
£5,668 £5,772
Qualifying Earnings – Upper Threshold
£41,450 £41,865
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
New Attachment Order – Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA)
• Pilot project started in April 2013• These new DEA orders do not replace any existing orders• These DEA orders do not need to be agreed in civil court• DWP sends notice to Employer with Payment Schedule• Deductions are normally based on a table of rates• Deductions can also be based on a fixed amount
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
New Attachment Order – Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA)
Net Earnings (Weekly) %
< £100 0
£100 to £160 3
£160 to £220 5
£220 to £270 7
£270 to £375 11
£375 to £520 15
> £520 20
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
New Attachment Order – Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA)
Net Earnings (Monthly) %
< £430 0
£430 to £690 3
£690 to £950 5
£950 to £1,160 7
£1,160 to £1,615 11
£1,615 to £2,240 15
> £2,240 20
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Bank Account Details
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Employment Allowance (Employers NI)
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Employment Allowance (Employers NI)
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Employment Allowance (Employers NI)
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
SSP Recovery Percentage Threshold Scheme Abolished
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Normal Hours Worked
2013/14 Tax Year 2014/15 Tax Year
A Up to 15.99 hours Up to 15.99 hours
B 16 – 29.99 hours 16 – 23.99 hours
C 30 – hours or more 24 – 29.99 hours
D Other 30 – hours or more
E Other
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Late PAYE Reporting Reason / on FPS
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Late PAYE Reporting Reason / on Employees Details & Bank
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Technical Changes to Auto Enrolment Legislation
• Align Pay Reference Period (PRP) with the Tax Period
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Technical Changes to Auto Enrolment Legislation
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
Technical Changes to Auto Enrolment Legislation
• Align PRP with the Tax Period• Registration with the Pensions Regulator• Joining Window
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Changes for Tax Year 2014/2015
SCON Numbers for COSR Pension Schemes
• Scheme Contracted-Out Numbers will be Mandatory• These are included in the FPS• HMRC will notify Employers where the SCON is missing• The Calculation Audit Report details missing SCON
FT Tax Codes Abolished
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Setting up for 2014/15 Tax Year
Take a Backup
Update PAYE / NI / Stat. Payments Table
• From UDS• From Copy Statutory Rates• Check this data is correct
Final Checks
• Small Employers Relief• Check Employee Details
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What is coming down the line
April 2015 • Shared Parental Leave• Auto Enrolment / Re-enrolment• Young Persons NI
April 2016 • Contracting out of the State Pension will be abolished• Additional Student Loan Threshold Introduced• Scottish Taxation• State Pension Age
Beyond April 2016 • OFM / ID Assurance
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Pegasus Software
Payroll End Of Year 2014
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Pegasus Software
Workplace Pensions Reform
Samantha GarrettProduct Specialist
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Agenda
What is auto enrolment?
Operating auto enrolment within Opera 3
• Activating & running auto enrolment at your Staging Date• NEST Integration• Communicating with your workers – Using XRL• Storing Documents – Using Document Management
Coffee Break
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Auto Enrolment
What is auto enrolment?
• New Pensions law started in October 2012• Employers will have to auto enrol workers into Pensions• Pay into that Pension Scheme• Inform their workers about auto enrolment
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Auto Enrolment
Why are the Pension Regulators doing this?
• Encourage private pension saving• People living longer• Many not saving enough• Over 50% of adults have no Private Pension savings• Provide another source of Income when retired• State Pension is only £110.15 a week for a single person• Employers to enrol worker automatically to help people save• Estimated 8 million worker will be auto enrolled• An individual can opt out if required
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Auto Enrolment
How will this be implemented?
1. Nominate a contact2. Know your staging date3. Assess your workforce4. Review your pension arrangements5. Communicate the changes to all your workers6. Automatically enrol your 'eligible jobholders'7. Register with The Pensions Regulator and keep
records8. Contribute to your workers' pensions
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Nominate a point of contact
Nominate a point of contact
Log into the Pensions Regulators Website
www.TPR.gov.uk/autoenrol-nominate
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Nominate a point of contact
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Know your staging date
Knowing the staging date?
The date when the new law is ‘switched on’ for employers is known as the ‘staging date’. The staging date for employers varies according to the number of employees they employ.
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Know your staging date
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Know your staging date
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Know your staging date
Knowing the staging date?
www.ThePensionsRegulator.gov.uk
www.TPR.gov.uk
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Know your staging date
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Assess your workforce
What do you mean by assessing your workforce?
You need to assess the category a worker falls into
So how can they be categorised?
• 3 Category• Eligible job holder• Non-eligible job holder• Entitled worker
• 2 Thresholds • Auto enrolment threshold (£9,440)• Qualifying earnings lower threshold (£5,668)
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The different types of workers
Workers
• Aged 16-74 • Earning below £5,668Have a right to join
Jobholders
• Aged 22-SPA • Earning above £9,440Must be automatically enrolled
• Aged 16-74 • Earning above £5,668 but below £9,440 OR • Aged 16-21 or SPA-74 • Earning above £9,440 Have a right to opt in
Eligible jobholders Non-eligible jobholders Entitled workers
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State Pension Age
Remember, the State Pension Age is changing
Age Men Women
65 Current Apr 2016 / Nov 201866 October 202067 2026 / 202868 2044 / 2046
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Review your pension arrangements
What do we need to do in order to review our pension arrangements?
• Select Qualifying Pension Scheme• Auto enrolment criteria• Qualifying criteria• Minimum requirements
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Review your pension arrangements
Minimum requirements - Contribution levels
Qualifying earnings (£5,668 – £41,450)
Certification
Band Employer TotalQualifying Earnings 3% 8%
Band Employer Employee TotalTier 1 : < 85% of Pensionable Pay 4% 5% 9%Tier 2 : => 85% of Pensionable Pay 3% 5% 8%Tier 3: Total Earnings 3% 4% 7%
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Review your pension arrangements
Phased Introduction
Qualifying earnings (£5,668 – £41,450)Duration Employer Contribution Total ContributionStaging Date – 30/09/2017 1% 2%01/10/2017 – 30/09/2018 2% 5%1st October 2018 Onwards 3% 8%
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Review your pension arrangements
Phased Introduction – Certification
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Duration Employer Contribution Total ContributionStaging Date – 30/09/2017 2% 3%01/10/2017 – 30/09/2018 3% 6%1st October 2018 Onwards 4% 9%
Duration Employer Contribution Total ContributionStaging Date – 30/09/2017 1% 2%01/10/2017 – 30/09/2018 2% 5%1st October 2018 Onwards 3% 8%
Duration Employer Contribution Total ContributionStaging Date – 30/09/2017 1% 2%01/10/2017 – 30/09/2018 2% 5%1st October 2018 Onwards 3% 7%
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Review your pension arrangements
What if I have an existing pension scheme?
Does that pension scheme meet the criteria for a Qualifying Scheme
Can I use my existing pension scheme to auto enrol other workers?• If confirmed as Qualifying Scheme then ‘yes’• Or select other Qualifying Schemes• Other• NEST
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Communicate the changes to all your workers
What type of communications will I need to provide to my workers?
• Entitled worker• Rights to “join” a pension scheme
• Non-eligible job holder• Right to “opt-into” an auto enrolment scheme
• Eligible job holder• Information about the auto enrol process
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TPR – Helpful Tools
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TPR – Helpful Tools
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TPR – Helpful Tools
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TPR – Helpful Tools
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TPR – Helpful Tools
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TPR – Helpful Tools
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TPR – Helpful Tools
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TPR – Helpful Tools
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TPR – Helpful Tools
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Automatically enrol your 'eligible jobholders'
• Must enrol within the joining window• Information to pension provider• Information to eligible job holders
How do I auto enrol 'eligible jobholders'?
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Automatically enrol your 'eligible jobholders'
Pensions Regulator – www.tpr.gov.uk
DWP – www.dwp.gov.uk
NEST – www.nestpensions.org.uk
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Automatically enrol your 'eligible jobholders'
• Must enrol within the joining window• Information to pension provider• Information to eligible job holders• Activate membership to the pension scheme
• Opt out period• Eligible job holders can opt out using “opt-out notice”• Contributions made during period are returned
How do I auto enrol 'eligible jobholders'?
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Automatically enrol your 'eligible jobholders'
• Details to identify the jobholder• Employer / Jobholder Name / NINO / DoB / etc.
• What you need to know statements to the jobholder• Your employer cannot ask or force you to opt-out• If your are asked to leave contact www.tpr.gov.uk• If you change your mind you may be able to opt back in• If you change job your new employer will normally put you
back into pension saving• If you have another job, your other employer might put you
into pension saving. This notice applies only to the employer named above
Opt-out Notice
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Opting in and joining a pension scheme
• Non eligible jobholders• Right to opt in to the auto enrolment Pension Scheme• Opt in notice
• Entitled workers • Right to join a Pension Scheme• Joining notice
How do I handle opt ins & joining requests?
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Post Auto Enrolment
• On-going responsibilities• Paying contributions• Record keeping• Manage opt-outs / opt-ins
What are my on-going responsibilities?
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Postponement
• Postponement up to 3 months• Employer postpones for employees• New starters• Workers becoming eligible Job holders
Can we postpone the auto enrolment process?
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Register with The Pensions Regulator
What do I have to do to register with The Pensions Regulator?
Register within 5 months of staging date• Details of employers business• Detail of qualifying schemes used• Number of eligible job holders auto
enrolledHow• On-line
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Register with The Pensions Regulator
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Register with The Pensions Regulator
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Safeguards
So what safeguards are in place to protect employees?
At Job interview must not screen applicants based on “opt -out”No inducements
- Extend or renew a contract - Offer a one-of payment or a higher salary- Offer a promotion
Prohibitive activity- Withhold a promotion- Withhold a pay increase- Redundancy or dismissal
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Summary
1. Know your staging date2. Assess your workforce3. Review your pension arrangements4. Communicate the changes to all your workers5. Automatically enrol your 'eligible jobholders'6. Register with The Pensions Regulator and keep
records7. Contribute to your workers' pensions
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Pegasus Software
Coffee Break
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Pegasus Software
Implementing Auto Enrolment in Opera 3
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Implementing Auto Enrolment
Recording your Staging DatePayment Profiles
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Implementing Auto Enrolment
Maintenance / Payment Profile / Auto Enrolment
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Implementing Auto Enrolment
Activating Auto EnrolmentPayment ProfilesPension SchemesAt Your Staging DateAssessing Your WorkforceOpting OutRegistering with Pensions Regulator
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Register with The Pensions Regulator
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Implementing Auto Enrolment
Activating Auto EnrolmentPayment ProfilesPension SchemesAt Your Staging DateAssessing Your WorkforceOpting OutRegistering with Pensions RegulatorNEST IntegrationPensions Provider Payments
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Implementing Auto Enrolment
Origo Pension Providers
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Communications to your workforce
You are required to keep your employees informed
• Letter 1 – Eligible Jobholder / No Postponement• Letter 2 – Non Eligible Jobholder / No Postponement• Letter 3 – Entitled Worker / No Postponement• Letter 4 – Workers Already in a Qualifying Pension• General Notice A – Postponement (All Workers) • General Notice B – Postponement (Ex. Pension Members)• General Notice B – Postponement (Non Eligible Workers)• General Notice B – Postponement (Entitled Workers)
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Communications to your workforce
How are you identify who gets what letter?
You need to assess the category a worker falls into
How about using Pegasus XRL?
• XRL allows you to extract data from the Opera Payroll• Extraction is into Excel
• Excel allows you to mail merge with Word • Download the letter templates for TPR / NEST
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Pegasus XRL – Winning BI Tool
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Pegasus Software
Pegasus Web Xchange in Opera 3
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Opera 3 – Pegasus Web Xchange
Pegasus Web Xchange – Overview
Opera 3Database
PWXDatabase +
Data “synced” viaCommunication
Framework
Opera 3 WebsiteCommunication
Framework
Subset of Opera 3 data
PWX specific data