What are the minimum employer and employee contribution requirements for a workplace pension in 2022/23?

By law, you as the employer are required to pay a certain contribution to your employee’s pension pot. They also have to contribute. The government has set this as 8% of your employee’s qualifying earnings. The qualifying earnings for the tax year 2022/23 is between £6,240 and £50,270 a year.

As an employer, you have to pay at least 3% of the 8%, but you can pay more if you want to further boost their pension fund.

After your 3% contribution, employees pay 5% of their earnings as standard. This can change if you decide to pay a higher percentage and they want to reduce their payments without going below minimum requirements. For example if you paid 6% into the workplace pension your employee would only need to pay 2% to reach the minimum contribution amount.

1% of the employee’s 5% contribution is tax relief provided by the government.