Employers of carers or nannies may have to pay pensions

Up to 100,000 people who employ personal carers are being warned they may now be legally liable to pay them pension contributions.

From 1 June, small businesses employing up to 30 staff will gradually be obliged to offer their staff pensions, under the auto-enrolment programme.

That includes people who only employ one person, such as a carer or a nanny.

Simon Gompertz reports.