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Fraudsters have duped dozens of employers into thinking they can avoid auto-enrolling staff into pensions by buying a fake 'exemption' certificate for £58. Pension watchdogs raised the alarm after hearing from employers who were flogged the worthless documents, and they are now investigating at least one company thought to be behind the scam.The auto-enrolment initiative begun in 2012 has made it compulsory for employers to sign up eligible staff to a pension and pay in 1 per cent of their salary unless people voluntarily opt out. Large and medium-sized employers have already done so and the smallest operators - including those with only one employee - are gradually being given deadlines to do so before February 2018. 'There is no evidence that employers are buying the fake documents with the intention of committing any offences,' said The Pensions Regulator.
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