AE commentary 2014-2015

Awareness, understanding and engagement
Employer awareness and understanding
At two to four months before an employer’s staging date
We monitor employers’ awareness and understanding of their automatic
enrolment duties via two tracking surveys 9 which we carry out every six
months.
We also assess employer readiness via a monthly staging date tracker
for employers who are between two and four months from their staging
date 10 . Both awareness and understanding of the duties was high
among medium employers in this group, with 99% being aware of their
duties and the majority (88%) understanding what they need to do.
Table 2: Awareness and understanding among employers, spring 2015 research
Employer size Awareness Understanding
Large employers (average over
whole group)
Medium employers (average over
whole group)
Small employers (among those with
staging date of June 2015)
Micro employers (among those with
staging date of June 2015)
99% 92%
99% 88%
98% 90%
94% 88%
It can be seen from Table 2 that shortly before their respective staging
dates, levels of awareness and understanding among the first group of
micro and small employers (staging date of June 2015) are comparable
to those of large and medium employers surveyed at the same interval
before their staging date.
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10
Employers with staging
dates up to and including
July 2014 were surveyed
four months before
their staging date. Later
groups were interviewed
two months before their
staging date on the
basis that they would
usually need less time to
implement their automatic
enrolment duties.
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