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Coming Soon

You’ll soon have access to the Nest employer portal with a new look and feel. Our employer portal will have a refreshed look and layout, but functionality will stay the same. Some buttons may be in different places, but the steps you follow won’t change so just keep using the portal as normal. It's the first of several steps we're taking to improve how you interact with Nest, with new functionality coming in the next few months so keep an eye out for further communications


How to report an issue

Our team has tested it thoroughly, but if something doesn’t work as you expect, let us know straight away so we can fix it quickly. You can get in touch by webchat or support@nestpensions.org.uk or call us on 0300 020 0393, from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Sunday – and one of our team will be happy to help.

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Nest web services for
payroll integration

We know that effective payroll integration will be critical for many thousands of employers. That’s why we’ve developed web services to streamline the data transfer process.

We’ve listened to payroll industry feedback and worked closely with leading suppliers of payroll packages to design an API that allows seamless data transfer between payroll software and Nest. This is a solution that can be used by any payroll provider or employer.

If you’re a payroll software provider or developer, you can use our technical guides to help you build our new web service functionality.

About our web services

  • Developed with leading payroll software providers
  • Nine separate web services for specific business functions, including enrolling workers and retrieving opted out workers
  • Fully flexible so you can choose to build just some or all of our nine web services
  • Free testing platform available to developers who register with us.

Below you’ll find the latest versions of the technical instructions you’ll need to integrate your payroll platform with Nest web services.

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Nest API specifications for web services

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Operational design guide

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Payroll testing facility (PTF) user guide

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Web services data specification guide

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Error messages for web services

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Register for testing

Once you’ve completed the technical development and are ready to start using our testing facility, complete this registration form (PDF)  and email it to us at payroll.test.access@nestcorporation.org.uk.