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Automatic enrolment and pensions for payroll

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Course overview

If you’re looking for an answer to the question “What is automatic enrolment?” then look no further than this course. It highlights employers’ challenges, responsibilities and obligations to all parties involved with pensions and auto-enrolment, to enable compliance.

Materials will be released in advance of the course and will be available to you through the CIPP online learning platform.

  • 7 CPD points

  • Part of the Intermediate payroll group

Who's It For?

The introduction of auto-enrolment has significantly increased the primacy and complexity of administering pension contributions as part of the payroll function.

From providing a detailed explanation of the numerous types of pension schemes currently in operation, this course moves to cover the various tax treatments of employee contributions and the various points payroll staff must consider calculating contributions accurately.

From this, a detailed explanation of the rules and regulations concerning auto-enrolment is imparted as are the potential penalties for non-compliance with this new statutory requirement.

You will leave this course equipped with the knowledge and skills to administer this vital and much-changed arena.

Job outcomes

  • HR & Payroll Officer

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What you'll learn

This illuminating course explains the legal and payroll-related implications of the planning and introduction of auto-enrolment and re-enrolment for pensions, as well as highlighting why an arrangement may or may not be effective or successful.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Identify types of pension schemes
  • Make basic pension contribution calculations
  • Carry out worker assessments for automatic enrolment of pensions
  • Handle worker choices under the automatic enrolment duties
  • Handle automatic re-enrolment
  • Comply with automatic enrolment information and reporting requirements
  • Identify features of a pensioner payroll

You will understand your employer’s responsibilities towards the various statutory bodies including HMRC, the Department for Work and Pensions and The Pensions Regulator. The focus is on the implications for employers and employees with particular emphasis on payroll processing and procedures. Signing up for this course will enable you to meet your legal duties, ensuring that you avoid enforcement action and fines.

Recognitions

CPD

Accredited/ Certified by CPD

Study method

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Duration study load

  • Two consecutive half-days

Course time: 9:30 AM – 13:00 PM

Delivery

Online

Entry requirements

Either completion of the Payroll Technician Certificate, introduction to payroll courses, or attainment of an equivalent working knowledge through experience in either a payroll or HR role.

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Pathways

  • Creating a Payroll Procedures Manual
  • Salary sacrifice and optional remuneration

Testimonials

  • Course leader was fantastic, so friendly and fun. She made PAE a fun day with lots of extra information provided extra to the CIPP standard and really easy to follow and understand. Would recommend this day to anyone. Thank you!
    Hannah Dollimore
    Automatic enrolment and pensions for payroll

Subjects

Core Modules
Summarising the variety of pension schemes
  • Classify the types of pension schemes by sponsor, tax registration and pension benefit categories.
  • Identify pension schemes compliant with auto-enrolment requirements.
Types of pension schemes
  • State pension schemes
  • Personal pension plans
  • Occupation pension schemes
  • Stakeholder pension schemes
  • Auto-enrolment qualifying schemes
Automatic enrolment
  • Key facts
  • Implementation and staging
  • Affected workers
  • Postponing the auto-enrolment
  • Re-enrolment
The automatic enrolment processes
  • Assessing qualifying earnings
  • Opting in and joining the scheme
Contributing to the pension scheme
  • Level of contributions
  • Amount and frequency of contributions
  • Additional voluntary contributions
  • Refunding contributions
The implications on Tax
  • Obtaining tax relief on contributions
  • 0020Tax relief and charges on pension savings
  • Taxation of pension annuities
Implications to Payroll
  • Membership of occupational schemes
  • National insurance contributions
  • Effect of contributions on attachment orders
  • Dealing with absences from work
Automatic enrolment and TUPE
Communicating pensions
  • Giving information
  • Information for workers for what both enrolled and not enrolled
Auto enrolment compliance
  • Record keeping
  • Enforcement options
Penalties and reviews of compliance

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Payment options

Price on request

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About CIPP

The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is the Chartered Institute for payroll, pensions and reward professionals in the UK. With more than 9,500 individuals benefitting from the CIPP's membership benefits and CIPP-approved qualifications and training, the Institute is dedicated to raising the profile of payroll in businesses across the UK. IPP Education Ltd (IPPE) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the CIPP. IPPE is an education and training provider specialising in payroll, pensions and reward, that develops, delivers, assesses, and awards its products to the relevant industry standard. Why choose IPPE? All content is developed in liaison with employers and industry leads within payroll, pensions and reward. All of IPPE’s products are CIPP-approved for quality and legislative compliance. Our training courses are delivered by professionals active within the payroll, pensions or reward industries. Our end-point assessments are conducted by qualified assessors active within the payroll industry. Our qualifications are delivered and assessed by qualified tutors active within the payroll, pensions or reward industries.

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