Employers face tight window for AE pensions and retirement age rules

Legal expert says employers may end up with two cohorts of employees building up benefits that are very different in value

Shane Crossan, managing partner at law firm O'Flynn Exhams, says employers have a short window in which to plan for changes around pensions auto-enrolment and mandatory retirement age rules.

Employers need to carefully manage how they implement pensions auto-enrolment and mandatory retirement age regulations to avoid creating workplace divisions.

Last week's Government decision to defer the start of pensions auto-enrolment until next September may be a temporary reprieve, but in reality employers have little time to waste.