Auto-enrolment: How can workers safeguard their fixed protection?

Table of contents

• Original news
• What is fixed/enhanced protection?
• How does the auto-enrolment regime impact on workers benefiting from such protection?
• What should those workers do about it?
• How can those workers be made aware of the problem? Should it be for the employer to warn them of the issue?
• What should practitioners working in this area be doing?

Article summary

Pensions analysis: Price Waterhouse Cooper has warned that thousands of pension-holders could lose fixed protection on their pension rights and be faced with hefty tax bills unless they opt out quickly of auto-enrolment of schemes. Nicola Rondel, senior associate at Hogan Lovells, advises on the next steps workers should be taking to protect their contributions, and how time is of the essence.