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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The Government has published a consultation on draft legislation intended to protect the tax treatment of certain pension payments when the normal minimum pension age rises from 55 to 57 on 6 April 2028. The consultation closes on 28 September 2026.
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- Date:
- 10 August 2026
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Our annual employee benefits research explores current benefits provision across UK organisations and the priorities influencing benefits strategy.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
There are no recent updates to highlight.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide provides an overview of a worker's statutory right to opt in or out of the auto-enrolment process, together with the right for some workers to join a pension scheme. The guide also highlights non-statutory "opting down" and interaction with contractual enrolment.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide provides an overview of the employer's statutory requirement to assess workers for auto-enrolment and re-enrolment into a qualifying pension scheme, including the important concept of postponement.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
This guide provides a glossary of pensions terminology that HR professionals may come across in their work.
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- Type:
- Training
Updated throughout to confirm the auto-enrolment thresholds including the earnings trigger and the lower and upper limits of the qualifying earnings band remain unchanged for 2026/27 tax year.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The standard rate of the new state pension has increased, effective 6 April 2026.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to reflect the state pension rates for 2026/2027. Employers may use these updated figures to support employees in planning for retirement. Additionally, there may be cases where employees choose to work beyond state pension age. In such situations, if an employee is receiving a state pension, it could affect payroll processes, particularly regarding national insurance contributions.
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- Date:
- 11 February 2026
- Type:
- News
People continuing to work past state pension age contribute more than £60bn to the UK economy each year, equivalent to four times the projected annual cost of implementing the pensions 'triple lock', an analysis has argued.