According to an announcement by the Department for Work and Pensions, new legislation will make it illegal for employers to discourage employees from being a part of workplace pension schemes .
The legislation will make it more difficult for employers to avoid making pension contributions to all employees. New legislation due to start in 2012 will see each employee given a personal account, to which they must make pension contributions.
The minister for pensions reform, Mike O’Brien, was reported as commenting: "It is very important that people are allowed to meet their retirement expectations by building up the savings they need. Decisions on whether or not to save in a workplace pension need to be taken free of any unfair pressure."
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