The Archean eon, which preceded the Proterozoic eon, spanned about 1.5 billion years and is subdivided into four eras: the Neoarchean (2.8 to 2.5 billion years ago), Mesoarchean (3.2 to 2.8 billion years ago), Paleoarchean (3.6 to 3.2 billion years ago), and Eoarchean (4 to 3.6 billion years ago).*.
The minimum total contributions under automatic enrolment have been set down by the Government and are set to increase between now and 2018. Your employer must pay some of the minimum total contribution. If the employer doesn't pay all of the minimum total contribution, you will need to make up some of the difference.f your employer decides to use pensionable pay rather than qualifying earnings, your employer must satisfy one of three sets of alternative requirements for their pension scheme to qualify for use under automatic enrolment and in order to calculate the minimum total contributions payable. The three sets are:
So if your employer offers a salary sacrifice arrangement, you should investigate whether you should take up this offer. Your employer should give you an overview of how salary sacrifice might affect you and whether or not they would pay some or all of the NICs they save into your pension pot. Your employer may provide less life cover if you sacrifice some of your salary. 2  You won't be able to receive a refund of your contributions if you leave your employment within two years of being in the scheme (a benefit many workplace schemes offer).