NOW: Pensions, the independent multi-employer trust, has been appointed to provide its auto-enrolment services to the pension scheme of a multi-specialist recruitment consultancy.

From March 2013, NOW: Pensions will be responsible for providing auto-enrolment pensions for Randstad's 20,000-strong agency workers.

Randstad is one of the UK's leading recruitment agencies and has been in operation for over 50 years. It provides a wide range of specialist recruitment services.

Ian Naylor, Randstad's legal director, said: "Delivering specialist knowledge and expertise across a wide range of business areas is key to what we do, and we pride ourselves on our abilities to make the perfect match for both clients and workers. Our decision to appoint NOW: Pensions came as a result of wanting a quality workplace pension scheme that is structured, simple and easy for us to implement." 

Morten Nilsson, NOW: Pensions CEO, said: "Randstad is a prime example of a company being well prepared for the future; looking at the their staging dates and choosing the provider that best suits their needs to ensure their workforce has access to a quality pension scheme that adds value without being overly complicated."

First published 25.02.2013

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