When you process pay for an employee, the following error message can appear in enter payments:

'The pension scheme contribution for this employee is less than the regulatory minimum which is determined by automatic enrolment legislation.'

This error occurs when you have one or more pay elements or deductions that are included in qualifying earnings, but not included in the pension contribution calculation.

This is because the minimum contribution that prompts this message calculates based on qualifying earnings only.

Check your payments

It's easy to check whether your payments and deductions are set up to calculate as part of qualifying earnings and contributions:

1. In enter payments, take note of which pay elements and deductions are in use for the employee with this error.
2. Close enter payments.
3. Click Company then click Pay Elements.
4. Select the first payment in question then click Edit. If the payment:
   • is pensionable, select the checkboxes beside Qualifying Earnings, Pension (Main) and Pension (AVC)
   • isn't pensionable, clear the checkboxes beside Qualifying Earnings, Pension (Main) and Pension (AVC)
      NOTE: If you're not certain whether you should set any of your payments or deductions as pensionable, contact your pension provider for advice.
5. Repeat step 4 for each pay element in use for this employee.
6. Click the Deductions tab and repeat step 4 for each deduction in use for the employee with the error.
7. When you're finished, click OK.

The error no longer appears in Enter Payments for this employee.

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