Employers in the UK are required to communicate how pension auto-enrolment applies to each employee. In the Pensions > Pension Notifications screen, you can configure notification templates that are triggered at payroll commit.
Notifications are delivered to employees based on their worker category and member status.
- When you commit a pay run, employees who meet the criteria in the template receive the notification by email, Message Center, or a combination of both.
- In the Payroll > Pension screen of People, when a blank Notification Date field is detected in an active pension record, Dayforce sends a pension notification. After the notification is sent, the Notification Date and Notification Name fields are populated, and no further notifications are sent for that pension record.
- For example, if an entitled worker with the Inactive member status receives a Join notification, they won’t receive another Join notification in the next period as long as their member status remains Inactive.
Role feature access: Pensions > Pension Notifications
Important: Pension notifications are only sent to employees when you create and enable templates for the related notification category.
You can use the following notification categories to create templates:
| Notification Category | Description | Required Employee Pension Record Settings |
|---|---|---|
| Auto-enrolment Notification | The notification is sent to employees who are eligible for pension auto-enrolment in the pay period. |
Worker Category: Eligible Jobholder Member Status: Auto-Enrol |
| Deferral Notification | The notification is sent to employees with the Deferred worker category who have a deferral period configured in Pensions > Set-up, in the Deferral tab. |
Worker Category: Deferred Member Status: Postponed |
| Postponement Notification | The notification is sent to employees whose enrolment is postponed. | Worker Category: Eligible JobHolder Member Status: Postponed |
| Join Notification (Entitled Worked) |
The notification is sent to employees with the Entitled Worker worker category who don’t currently qualify for the Eligible Jobholder worker category. |
Worker Category: Entitled Worker Member Status: Inactive |
| Opt-in Notification (Non-eligible jobholder) |
The notification is sent to employees in the Non-eligible Jobholder worker category who are entitled to opt-in to the qualifying auto-enrolment pension scheme. |
Worker Category: Non-eligible Jobholder Member Status: Inactive |
For more information about creating a new pension notification template, see Configure Pensions Notification Templates.