If you are employing a seasonal worker, The Pensions Regulator wants to remind you of your duties as an employer…
Now that summer is here, many employers take on seasonal staff. An online campaign by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is aimed at reminding employers that they must comply with their automatic enrolment duties whilst hiring temporary summer workers.
Even if the seasonal staff are only working for a few days or weeks, each time they are paid, they must be assessed to determine whether they are eligible to be enrolled into a workplace pension scheme.
If the employee is eligible, then they must be enrolled into a qualifying scheme and both the employee and employer must pay the minimum contributions (unless the employee chooses to opt out).
Some temporary workers may have variable hours and pay, which means that the assessment of who to put into the scheme can take more time and effort. However, The Pensions Regulator website has guidance to assist employers. Please note that if you are a Taxing Nannies client, we advise you of your duties as an employer, and complete all necessary workplace pension admin for those who elect us to do so on their behalf.
It is worth noting that if you have staff who will be working for you for less than three months, you can use postponement to delay assessing those employees. This pauses the employer duty to assess staff up to a maximum of three months. However, it is worth noting that if the employee requests to commence pension payments straight away, then the employer is obliged to enrol the staff member, and pay employer pension contributions straight away too.
