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Automatic Enrolment into Workplace Pensions: Seafarers and Offshore Workers

16 March 2020

Proposing MP
Guy Opperman Con
Hexham
Type
Written Ministerial Statement
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
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At a Glance

Issue Summary

The statement addresses the continuation of automatic enrolment into workplace pensions for seafarers and offshore workers.

Action Requested

I am announcing my intention to lay instruments in both Houses to remove the sunset clause from existing legislation, ensuring that seafarers and offshore workers continue to benefit from automatic enrolment into workplace pensions. This decision follows a Post Implementation Review and considers equality and small business impacts.

Key Facts

  • Over 10 million people have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension.
  • More than 1.6 million employers have complied with their legal duties across the economy.
  • Seafarers and offshore workers were brought into AE in July 2012 via regulations and an Order in Council.
  • The 2012 legislation included sunset clauses taking effect on 1st July 2020.
  • In 2019, approximately 26,000 more workers in the maritime industries were saving into a workplace pension as a result of AE.
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