The government has laid the draft Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2020, setting the thresholds for employees to be automatically enrolled in workplace pension schemes from 6 April 2020.
As announced by the pensions minister in February, the earnings trigger is to be maintained at £10,000, while the qualifying earnings band lower limit will increase to £6,240 and the upper limit remain at £50,000 to maintain alignment with the NICs lower and upper earnings limits.
The government has laid the draft Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2020, setting the thresholds for employees to be automatically enrolled in workplace pension schemes from 6 April 2020.
As announced by the pensions minister in February, the earnings trigger is to be maintained at £10,000, while the qualifying earnings band lower limit will increase to £6,240 and the upper limit remain at £50,000 to maintain alignment with the NICs lower and upper earnings limits.
