Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024 section 128

Hindering employee from participating in automatic enrolment

Section 128 makes it a criminal offence for any person to hinder or attempt to hinder an employee from participating in the automatic enrolment retirement savings system.

• It is an offence to hinder or attempt to hinder an employee from participating in automatic enrolment.
• The prohibition applies to any person, not solely to employers.
• Both actual hindering and attempted hindering are covered by the offence.
• The offence relates specifically to participation in the automatic enrolment retirement savings system established under the Act.