Add UK Pension Payroll Elections

Employees who are participating in your auto-enrolled pension scheme might want to contribute more than the percentage at which they are automatically enrolled by the assessment process. To accommodate this, you can manually enter a payroll election for an employee in Payroll > Payroll Elections in the People feature.

When you add a payroll election that has a higher contribution percentage than the one at which employees are automatically enrolled, the assessment process uses this amount rather than the one configured in the auto-enrolled benefit option.

To add a payroll election for your auto-enrolled pension scheme for an employee:

1. Go to People, open the employee profile, and click Payroll > Payroll Elections.
2. Click Add.
3. In the General Details section, do the following:
   1. Enter a date in the Effective Start field and, optionally, the Effective End field.
   2. In the Type drop-down list, select Deduction or Earning.
   3. In the Code drop-down list, select the deduction or earning (allowance).
   4. In the Schedule drop-down list, select Every Regular Run.
   5. (For earning or allowance elections only) In the Work Assignments field, select the work assignment to which the payroll election applies.
4. In the Parameters section, enter the contribution percentage in the Percent field.
5. Click Save.