Automatic enrolment
In public services, automatic enrolment defines programmes where citizens are automatically included unless they opt out.
Examples include:
- Pensions in the United Kingdom as of 2012[1]
- Organ donation in some countries such as Austria[2]
Benefits and drawbacks
Automatic enrolment is recommended in the book Nudge by Thaler and Sunstein, as it promotes higher participation rates than when citizens are left to arrange their own pensions.
Libertarians argue against automatic enrolment as it impinges on an individual's freedom of choice.
gollark: I've had pretty good maths teachers consistently, at least.
gollark: ħæħ indeed.
gollark: Although that seems to partly just be people being annoying and saying "no, I obviously should have gotten X grade, you should just have used my definitely accurate teacher-predicted grade".
gollark: GCSE results are in five days, and people are complaining a lot about how they messed up A-levels.
gollark: I'm not really sure about what do after A-level, and am also vaguely unsure about my subject choices for that, but *oh well* (I technically can still change them, though).
References
- BBC, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19589265
- Thaler, Richard H. (September 26, 2009). "Opting in vs. Opting Out". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20161118041846/https://naeh.co.uk/ National Auto Enrolment Helpline
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