Q&As

When an employer is making pension contributions to an employee, under the auto-enrolment scheme, who is on long-term sick leave and has exhausted all of their entitlement to statutory sick pay, is there an obligation to continue to make pension contributions to this employee?

read titleRead full title
Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis
Published by a LexisNexis Pensions expert
Published on: 10 September 2018

There is no legal requirement for an employer to continue making employer pension contributions during a period of long-term sick leave once an employee’s entitlement to statutory sick pay ends. That said:

Powered by Lexis+®
Jurisdiction(s):
United Kingdom

Popular documents

Dealing with pension scheme members who are insistent clients

Dealing with pension scheme members who are insistent clientsWhat is an insistent client?The term ‘insistent client’ is commonly used to describe an individual who has received advice (ie a personal recommendation) and chooses to do something different than what was recommended.For a while, there

Maternity and other statutory family leave—the pension requirements

Maternity and other statutory family leave—the pension requirementsSTOP PRESS—Impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023: This document contains references to retained EU law (REUL) and associated terms introduced by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in connection with

When can overpaid pension contributions be recovered from a pension scheme?

When can overpaid pension contributions be recovered from a pension scheme?Once an employer or member has paid contributions into a scheme, they cannot generally get a refund, at least not without triggering the tax penalties associated with unauthorised payments. This is because such refunds will

Surrender and forfeiture of pension benefits

Surrender and forfeiture of pension benefitsTHIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES TO OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES ONLYThis Practice Note considers the extent to which accrued pension rights under registered occupational pension schemes can be surrendered or forfeited.The general rule against surrender—the