Handle an opt-out from a pension scheme under the pensions auto-enrolment provisions
Key points
Eligible jobholders who have been auto-enrolled and non-eligible jobholders who have opted in are entitled to opt out of their employer's pension scheme.
Workers have a one-month period in which to opt out.
Employers should be aware of the safeguards in place to prevent, for example, inducement of workers to opt out of a pension into which they have been auto-enrolled.
